oaf
sustantivoatestiguado en diálogos
- Reino Unido//əʊf//
- Estados Unidos//oʊf//
A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.
sustantivo
- 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
anticuadoAn 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
obsoletoAn elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.
Etimología
Variant of awf, aufe, probably from Old Norse álfr (“elf”) (whence Norwegian Bokmål alv). Doublet of alf and elf.
Formas
- plural
- oafs, oaves
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