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| 1. | a clumsy, stupid person; lout. |
| 2. | a simpleton; dunce; blockhead. |
| 3. | Archaic.
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oafish, adjective
oaf·ish·ly, adverb
oaf·ish·ness, noun
—Synonyms 1. churl, boor. 2. dolt, ninny.
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n. A person regarded as stupid or clumsy. [Old Norse alfr, elf, silly person; see albho- in Indo-European roots.] oaf'ish adj., oaf'ish·ly adv., oaf'ish·ness n. |
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oaf
1610 (implied in oafish), also auf (1621), "a changeling; a foolish child left by the fairies" [Johnson], from a Scand. source, cf. Norw. alfr "silly person," in O.N., "elf" (see elf). Hence, "a misbegotten, deformed idiot." Until recently, some dictionaries still gave the plural as oaves.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| oaf | |
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| an awkward stupid person [syn: lout] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
oaf [əuf] noun
a stupid or clumsy person
Example: That stupid oaf is always knocking things over.
Example: That stupid oaf is always knocking things over.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
oaf
Auf\ ([add]f), n. [OE. auph, aulf, fr. Icel. [=a]lfr elf. See Elf.] [Also spelt oaf, ouphe.] A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. [Obs.] --Drayton.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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