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Oaf

//oʊf// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton. derogatory

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

  2. 2
    an awkward stupid person wordnet
  3. 3
    An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child. obsolete

Etymology

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

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