dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/oaf_MW.json
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{
"oaf":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a big clumsy slow-witted person":[
"Get out of my way, you big oaf ."
],
": a stupid person : boob":[
"a thoughtless, clueless oaf",
"\u2014 New York Times"
]
},
"examples":[
"it's not polite to call your brother a stupid oaf",
"anyone who took him for an oaf and tried to cheat him would be in for a nasty surprise",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Austin Theory\u2019s character is literally an oaf who made another foolish decision that led to Johnny Gargano\u2019s loss. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Nowhere in Hansen\u2019s pages is the impulsive, autocratic oaf seen by many of Castro\u2019s critics. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Aug. 2019",
"Love truly is an open door with this inflatable oaf . \u2014 Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful , 4 Dec. 2019",
"No one who touched the ball in the opposing penalty area as often as Kane was as good at not losing possession, showing that a target man doesn\u2019t have to be a lumbering oaf whose primary skill is measuring in at over 6-foot-3. \u2014 Jonathan Clegg, WSJ , 18 June 2018",
"For us straight dudes, however, being big and hairy means getting thought of as an ape\u2014a big, dumb, smelly oaf . \u2014 Dan Savage, Chicago Reader , 7 Feb. 2018",
"In Fitzpatrick, Doyle has created an extraordinarily creepy antagonist: a bully who plays dumb but always gets under the hero\u2019s skin, a clumsy oaf who nevertheless can disappear like a cat into the darkness. \u2014 J. Robert Lennon, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2017",
"Though comic buffoons and yokels are scattered through a number of Shakespeare\u2019s tragedies, Lear\u2019s universe is relentlessly bleak, and the Fool, despite his jingling, is neither oaf nor jester. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017",
"Rob Gronkowski only played eight games, but Kelce\u2014who played all sixteen\u2014averaged more yards per game than New England\u2019s lovable oaf . \u2014 Clay Skipper, GQ , 7 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of auf, alfe goblin's child, probably from Middle English alven, elven elf, fairy, from Old English elfen nymphs; akin to Old English \u00e6lf elf \u2014 more at elf":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014df"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"clod",
"clodhopper",
"gawk",
"hulk",
"lout",
"lubber",
"lug",
"lump",
"Neanderthal",
"palooka"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014235",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"oafish":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a big clumsy slow-witted person":[
"Get out of my way, you big oaf ."
],
": a stupid person : boob":[
"a thoughtless, clueless oaf",
"\u2014 New York Times"
]
},
"examples":[
"it's not polite to call your brother a stupid oaf",
"anyone who took him for an oaf and tried to cheat him would be in for a nasty surprise",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Austin Theory\u2019s character is literally an oaf who made another foolish decision that led to Johnny Gargano\u2019s loss. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Nowhere in Hansen\u2019s pages is the impulsive, autocratic oaf seen by many of Castro\u2019s critics. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Aug. 2019",
"Love truly is an open door with this inflatable oaf . \u2014 Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful , 4 Dec. 2019",
"No one who touched the ball in the opposing penalty area as often as Kane was as good at not losing possession, showing that a target man doesn\u2019t have to be a lumbering oaf whose primary skill is measuring in at over 6-foot-3. \u2014 Jonathan Clegg, WSJ , 18 June 2018",
"For us straight dudes, however, being big and hairy means getting thought of as an ape\u2014a big, dumb, smelly oaf . \u2014 Dan Savage, Chicago Reader , 7 Feb. 2018",
"In Fitzpatrick, Doyle has created an extraordinarily creepy antagonist: a bully who plays dumb but always gets under the hero\u2019s skin, a clumsy oaf who nevertheless can disappear like a cat into the darkness. \u2014 J. Robert Lennon, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2017",
"Though comic buffoons and yokels are scattered through a number of Shakespeare\u2019s tragedies, Lear\u2019s universe is relentlessly bleak, and the Fool, despite his jingling, is neither oaf nor jester. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017",
"Rob Gronkowski only played eight games, but Kelce\u2014who played all sixteen\u2014averaged more yards per game than New England\u2019s lovable oaf . \u2014 Clay Skipper, GQ , 7 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of auf, alfe goblin's child, probably from Middle English alven, elven elf, fairy, from Old English elfen nymphs; akin to Old English \u00e6lf elf \u2014 more at elf":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014df"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"clod",
"clodhopper",
"gawk",
"hulk",
"lout",
"lubber",
"lug",
"lump",
"Neanderthal",
"palooka"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094139",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"oafishness":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a big clumsy slow-witted person":[
"Get out of my way, you big oaf ."
],
": a stupid person : boob":[
"a thoughtless, clueless oaf",
"\u2014 New York Times"
]
},
"examples":[
"it's not polite to call your brother a stupid oaf",
"anyone who took him for an oaf and tried to cheat him would be in for a nasty surprise",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Austin Theory\u2019s character is literally an oaf who made another foolish decision that led to Johnny Gargano\u2019s loss. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Nowhere in Hansen\u2019s pages is the impulsive, autocratic oaf seen by many of Castro\u2019s critics. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Aug. 2019",
"Love truly is an open door with this inflatable oaf . \u2014 Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful , 4 Dec. 2019",
"No one who touched the ball in the opposing penalty area as often as Kane was as good at not losing possession, showing that a target man doesn\u2019t have to be a lumbering oaf whose primary skill is measuring in at over 6-foot-3. \u2014 Jonathan Clegg, WSJ , 18 June 2018",
"For us straight dudes, however, being big and hairy means getting thought of as an ape\u2014a big, dumb, smelly oaf . \u2014 Dan Savage, Chicago Reader , 7 Feb. 2018",
"In Fitzpatrick, Doyle has created an extraordinarily creepy antagonist: a bully who plays dumb but always gets under the hero\u2019s skin, a clumsy oaf who nevertheless can disappear like a cat into the darkness. \u2014 J. Robert Lennon, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2017",
"Though comic buffoons and yokels are scattered through a number of Shakespeare\u2019s tragedies, Lear\u2019s universe is relentlessly bleak, and the Fool, despite his jingling, is neither oaf nor jester. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017",
"Rob Gronkowski only played eight games, but Kelce\u2014who played all sixteen\u2014averaged more yards per game than New England\u2019s lovable oaf . \u2014 Clay Skipper, GQ , 7 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of auf, alfe goblin's child, probably from Middle English alven, elven elf, fairy, from Old English elfen nymphs; akin to Old English \u00e6lf elf \u2014 more at elf":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014df"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"clod",
"clodhopper",
"gawk",
"hulk",
"lout",
"lubber",
"lug",
"lump",
"Neanderthal",
"palooka"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042845",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
}
}