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Added 7 October 2026

oaf

/əʊf/ noun

In Latin: gurdus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about oaf at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.
Ouch! You dropped that box on my feet, you lumbering oaf!
An ill-mannered person; a boor.
An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.

Origin

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

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