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–noun

1.	a clumsy, stupid person; lout.

2.	a simpleton; dunce; blockhead.

Archaic.

a.	a deformed or mentally deficient child.

b.	a changeling.

[Origin: 1615–25; var. of auf, ME alfe, OE ælf elf; c. G Alp nightmare

]

—Related forms

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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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.

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oaf
noun
an awkward stupid person [syn: lout]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
oaf [əuf] noun

a stupid or clumsy person
Example: That stupid oaf is always knocking things over.

Arabic:	ساذِج، أبلَه، أخرَق
Chinese (Simplified):	蠢人；畸形儿
Chinese (Traditional):	蠢人；畸形兒
Czech:	trouba
Danish:	fjols
Dutch:	pummel
Estonian:	lollpea
Finnish:	köntys
French:	balourd, ourde
German:	der Dummkopf
Greek:	βλάκας
Hungarian:	mamlasz
Icelandic:	auli; klaufi
Indonesian:	orang tolol
Italian:	balordo

Japanese:	のろま
Korean:	얼간이
Latvian:	muļķis; lempis
Lithuanian:	mulkis, stuobrys
Norwegian:	dust; klossmajor
Polish:	przygłup, niezdara
Portuguese (Brazil):	imbecil
Portuguese (Portugal):	imbecil
Romanian:	prost, nerod
Russian:	тупица; неуклюжий человек
Slovak:	trúba
Slovenian:	tepec
Spanish:	patán, palurdo, zoquete
Swedish:	fån, drummel
Turkish:	ahmak kimse

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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.

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