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oafdom

oafdom noun: the state or condition of an oaf; oafishness.

Noun

oafdom (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of an oaf; oafishness.
    • Only a little removed from the predatory oafdom of male adolescence, he is suspicious of Christian and covertly protective of Cher's person and future.1999, Barbara Tepa Lupack, Nineteenth-Century Women at the Movies, page 123

Origin of oafdom

From oaf + -dom.

Questions about oafdom

What does oafdom mean?
Oafdom means the state or condition of an oaf; oafishness.
What part of speech is oafdom?
Oafdom is a noun.

Words near oafdom in the dictionary

  1. OAer
  2. OAers
  3. OAEs
  4. oaf
  5. oaf-rocked
  6. oafdom
  7. oafish
  8. oafishly
  9. oafishness
  10. oaflike
  11. oafs

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