oafishnessEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishoafishness /ˈəʊfɪʃnɪs / ▸ noun [mass noun] the quality of being rough or clumsy and unintelligent (typically used of a man): who would have thought the man would be capable of such oafishness? he concealed a formidable and well-read intelligence behind his stylized oafishness.