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oaf

/əʊf/
noun

  1. A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.

    "Ouch! You dropped that box on my feet, you lumbering oaf!"

  2. An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.

Synonymsdummy, fool, galoot, imbecile, lout, moron

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