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oaf

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//əʊf//
  • United States//oʊf//

A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.

noun

  1. 1

    A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.

    Ouch! You dropped that box on my feet, you lumbering oaf!

  2. 2

    datedAn ill-mannered person; a boor.

    I hope you haven't been thinking me an awful oaf for not writing to thank you for so many jolly games after I left Tapsfield?

  3. 3

    obsoleteAn elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.

Etymology

Variant of awf, aufe, probably from Old Norse álfr (“elf”) (whence Norwegian Bokmål alv). Doublet of alf and elf.

Forms

plural
oafs, oaves
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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