Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Buff-colored; pertaining to buff on the blood.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Med.) Resembling, or characterized by, buff.
  • adjective the coagulated plasma of blood when the red corpuscles have so settled out that the coagulum appears nearly colorless. This is common in diseased conditions where the corpuscles run together more rapidly and in denser masses than usual.

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  • adjective Resembling, or characterized by, buff.

Etymologies

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buff +‎ -y

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  • She saved the world. A lot.

    December 19, 2007

  • That line still makes me sad.

    December 20, 2007

  • Not me, but I saw later episodes before I saw the one she died in. It makes me smile.

    But, dammit, you're making me sad now!

    December 20, 2007

  • And I use to read wikipedia to acquaint myself the plot of anything before watching it as I sort of dislike that much suspense and tension. Not that I haven't had my timid emotional outbursts and demure paroxysms.^^

    Trying to aptly limn emotional conditions is like trying to hit a puppy by throwing a live bee at it, you know?

    September 28, 2008

  • "Buff-colored; pertaining to buff on the blood." --CD&C

    That explains so much!

    March 20, 2012