"ouphe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈuːf/, /ˈaʊf/ Forms: ouphes [plural]
Etymology: From the same origin as oaf (“elf child”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} ouphe (plural ouphes)
  1. (obsolete) A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: aulf, ouph
    Sense id: en-ouphe-en-noun-4qD1kUzT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From the same origin as oaf (“elf child”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ouphes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ouphe (plural ouphes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:",
          "text": "Strew good luck, ouphes, on every ſacred room,\nThat it may ſtand 'till the perpetual Doom,\nIn ſtate as wholſom, as in ſtate 'tis fit;\nWorthy the owner, as the owner it.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1835, Joseph Rodman Drake, “The Culprit Fay”, in The Culprit Fa[y], published 1899, page 4:",
          "text": "For an Ouphe has broken his vestal vow;\nHe has loved an earthly maid,\nAnd left for her his woodly shade;",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "1835, Review of The Culprit Fay and Other Poems by Joseph Rodman Drake and Alnwick Castle by Fitz-Greene Halleck, Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 2, page 329,\nThe plot is as follows. An Ouphe, one of the race of Fairies, has \"broken his vestal vow,\" […] in short, he has broken Fairy-law in becoming enamored of a mortal."
        }
      ],
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        "A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf."
      ],
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        ],
        [
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          "fairy"
        ],
        [
          "goblin",
          "goblin"
        ],
        [
          "elf",
          "elf"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aulf"
        },
        {
          "word": "ouph"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈuːf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaʊf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ouphe"
}
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  "etymology_text": "From the same origin as oaf (“elf child”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ouphes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ouphe (plural ouphes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:",
          "text": "Strew good luck, ouphes, on every ſacred room,\nThat it may ſtand 'till the perpetual Doom,\nIn ſtate as wholſom, as in ſtate 'tis fit;\nWorthy the owner, as the owner it.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1835, Joseph Rodman Drake, “The Culprit Fay”, in The Culprit Fa[y], published 1899, page 4:",
          "text": "For an Ouphe has broken his vestal vow;\nHe has loved an earthly maid,\nAnd left for her his woodly shade;",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "1835, Review of The Culprit Fay and Other Poems by Joseph Rodman Drake and Alnwick Castle by Fitz-Greene Halleck, Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 2, page 329,\nThe plot is as follows. An Ouphe, one of the race of Fairies, has \"broken his vestal vow,\" […] in short, he has broken Fairy-law in becoming enamored of a mortal."
        }
      ],
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        "A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf."
      ],
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        [
          "sprite",
          "sprite"
        ],
        [
          "fairy",
          "fairy"
        ],
        [
          "goblin",
          "goblin"
        ],
        [
          "elf",
          "elf"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈuːf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaʊf/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "aulf"
    },
    {
      "word": "ouph"
    }
  ],
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}

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