"oafish" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈoʊfɪʃ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oafish.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more oafish [comparative], most oafish [superlative]
Etymology: oaf + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|oaf|ish}} oaf + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} oafish (comparative more oafish, superlative most oafish)
  1. Characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid. Categories (topical): Personality Derived forms: oafishness Translations (characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid): слабоумен (slaboumen) (Bulgarian), féleszű (Hungarian), nehézfejű (Hungarian), oktalan (Hungarian), ügyefogyott (Hungarian), ügyetlen (Hungarian), idétlen (Hungarian), ostoba (Hungarian), drummelaktig (Swedish), bufflig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-oafish-en-adj-bNFWLKZp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish

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