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Orf

//ɔːf// adj, adv, name, noun, prep

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    off pronunciation-spelling
Adverb
  1. 1
    off not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling

    "'Yes – you clear orf!' said Mr Goon majestically, feeling that he really had got the better of those interfering kids this time."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Österreichischer Rundfunk (“Austrian Broadcasting Corporation”). Austria, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A surname from German.
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of open reading frame. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans. uncountable
  3. 3
    Alternative form of orfe (“type of fish”). alt-of, alternative
Preposition
  1. 1
    off pronunciation-spelling

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hrufa (“scab”), from Proto-Germanic *hreubaz (whence also dandruff).

Etymology 2

See orfe.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation spelling.

Etymology 4

Pronunciation spelling.

Etymology 5

Pronunciation spelling.

Etymology 6

Borrowed from German Orf.

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