oaf

[ ohf ]

/ oʊf /

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noun

a clumsy, stupid person; lout.

a simpleton; dunce; blockhead.

Archaic.

a deformed or mentally deficient child.
a changeling.

Origin of oaf

1615–25; variant of auf,Middle English alfe,Old English ælfelf; cognate with German Alp nightmare

SYNONYMS FOR oaf

1 churl, boor.

2 dolt, ninny.

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synonym study for oaf

1. See boorish.

OTHER WORDS FROM oaf

oafish, adjectiveoaf·ish·ly, adverboaf·ish·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH oaf

oaf , oath

Words nearby oaf

NZSE, NZSO, o', O2O, OA, oaf, oafish, O agglutinin, Oahu, oak, oak apple

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Example sentences from the Web for oaf

I ant seed him; but he sade ad shute Tom soon is look at 'im, an' denide it, wi' mouthful o' curses and oaf.
Uncle Silas|J. S. LeFanu
Mu ra ka lag ismayling burnay, Why are you grinning there like an oaf (with a smile that looks like a clam)?
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
And the oaf stood before him undisturbedly opening up the subject himself.
T. Tembarom|Frances Hodgson Burnett
"Because I'm too big an oaf—to make you understand," he said.
The Tidal Wave and Other Stories|Ethel May Dell

For a double second he had the oaf alone on his hands and that was sufficient.
Mercenary|Dallas McCord Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for oaf

oaf

/ (əʊf) /

noun

a stupid or loutish person

Derived forms of oaf

oafish, adjectiveoafishly, adverboafishness, noun

Word Origin for oaf

C17: variant of Old English ælf elf

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单词	oaf
释义	oaf [ ohf ] / oʊf / SEE SYNONYMS FOR oaf ON THESAURUS.COM noun a clumsy, stupid person; lout. a simpleton; dunce; blockhead. Archaic. a deformed or mentally deficient child. a changeling. Origin of oaf 1615–25; variant of auf,Middle English alfe,Old English ælfelf; cognate with German Alp nightmare SYNONYMS FOR oaf 1 churl, boor. 2 dolt, ninny. SEE SYNONYMS FOR oaf ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for oaf 1. See boorish. OTHER WORDS FROM oaf oafish, adjectiveoaf·ish·ly, adverboaf·ish·ness, noun WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH oaf oaf , oath Words nearby oaf NZSE, NZSO, o', O2O, OA, oaf, oafish, O agglutinin, Oahu, oak, oak apple Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for oaf I ant seed him; but he sade ad shute Tom soon is look at 'im, an' denide it, wi' mouthful o' curses and oaf. Uncle Silas\|J. S. LeFanu Mu ra ka lag ismayling burnay, Why are you grinning there like an oaf (with a smile that looks like a clam)? A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan\|John U. Wolff And the oaf stood before him undisturbedly opening up the subject himself. T. Tembarom\|Frances Hodgson Burnett "Because I'm too big an oaf—to make you understand," he said. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories\|Ethel May Dell For a double second he had the oaf alone on his hands and that was sufficient. Mercenary\|Dallas McCord Reynolds British Dictionary definitions for oaf oaf / (əʊf) / noun a stupid or loutish person Derived forms of oaf oafish, adjectiveoafishly, adverboafishness, noun Word Origin for oaf C17: variant of Old English ælf elf Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to oaf clod, fool, moron, dunce, idiot, goon, lout, brute, loser, beast, chump, blunderer, imbecile, clown, simpleton, klutz, nincompoop, sap, dolt, bruiser
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oaf

noun

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OTHER WORDS FROM oaf

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British Dictionary definitions for oaf

noun

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