Buffeted

/ˈbɑfɪtɪd/ verb

Past tense of buffet; struck repeatedly, or served food at a buffet.

From Old French 'buffet' meaning a blow or hit. The metaphorical sense of 'buffeted by waves' or 'buffeted by fate' uses the original hitting sense.

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