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Webster 1913 Edition


Oaf

Oaf

(ōf)
,
Noun.
[See
Auf
.]
1.
Originally, an elf’s child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an idiot.

Webster 1828 Edition


Oaf

OAF

,
Noun.
[said to be a corruption of ouph or elf, a fairy or demon, and to denote a foolish child left by fairies in the place of one of better intellects which they steal.]
1.
A changeling; a foolish child left by fairies in the place of another.
2.
A dolt; an idiot; a blockhead.

Definition 2024


oaf

oaf

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Noun

oaf (plural oafs or oaves)

  1. (pejorative) A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton; an idiot.
    Ouch! You dropped that box on my feet, you lumbering oaf!
  2. (obsolete) An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.

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  1. auf in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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