Meanings
nounoaf (plural oafs or oaves)
plural oafs · plural oaves · alternative auf
- datedderogatoryAn ill-mannered person; a boor.
I hope you haven't been thinking me an awful oaf for not writing to thank you for so many jolly games after I left Tapsfield?
1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.
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nounAn elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.
Similar
aufswapling
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Origin
Translations
Czech hňup, blb
- hňupimbecile
- blbimbecile
Danish stud
- studimbecile
Dutch pummel
- pummelimbecile
Esperanto idiotulo
- idiotuloimbecile
French dadais
- dadaisimbecile
German Tölpel
- Tölpelimbecile
Hungarian mamlasz, fajankó
- mamlaszimbecile
- fajankóimbecile
- ökörimbecile
- balfékimbecile
- baromimbecile
- tökfejimbecile
Irish dúramán, gamal
- dúramánimbecile
- gamalimbecile
Italian imbecille
- imbecilleimbecile
Latin gurdus
- gurdusimbecile
Māori rorewaru
- rorewaruimbecile
Polish prostak, imbecyl
- prostakimbecile
- imbecylimbecile
- niezdaraimbecile
- bęcwałimbecile
- daunimbecile
- klaunimbecile
Portuguese imbecil, idiota
- imbecilimbecile
- idiotaimbecile
Russian болва́н
- болва́н (bolván)imbecile
Spanish imbécil
- imbécilimbecile
Swedish dummerjöns
- dummerjönsimbecile
Welsh drelyn, lleban
- drelynimbecile
- llebanimbecile
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
APA
oaf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oaf
MLA
“oaf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oaf. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oaf,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oaf.
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