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oaf /ōf, oʊf /
noun a stupid, uncultured, or clumsy person:
they are just big, clumsy oafs.
– ORIGIN early 17th century : variant of obsolete auf, from Old Norse álfr elf. The original meaning was elf's child, changeling, later idiot child and halfwit, generalized in the current sense.
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