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oaf
[ohf] 
–noun
| 1. | a clumsy, stupid person; lout. |
| 2. | a simpleton; dunce; blockhead. |
| 3. | Archaic.
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Related forms:
oafish, adjective
oaf⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
oaf⋅ish⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. churl, boor. 2. dolt, ninny.
1. churl, boor. 2. dolt, ninny.
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| oaf (ōf) 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
Oaf\ ([=o]f), n. [See Auf.] Originally, an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an idiot.
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Language Translation for : oaf
Spanish:
patán, palurdo, zoquete,
German:
der Dummkopf,
Japanese:
のろま
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
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