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Definition of Oafishness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oafishness
Literary usage of Oafishness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of W. E. Henley by William Ernest Henley, Robert Louis Stevenson (1908)
"With invincible oafishness, my lord, I cannot struggle. I pass you by; I leave
you gaping by the wayside; I blush to have a share in the progeny of such an ..."
2. Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, in Miniature: To which are by Samuel Johnson (1812)
"... [Oafish, e. dull, stupid, doltish, it is used as an abbreviation, as, OS de-
oafishness, s. stupidity, ..."
3. Side-lights on English Society: Sketches from Life, Social & Satirical by Eustace Clare Grenville Murray (1883)
"... penetrated into the sudarium than he strode out again, laughing and swearing
at the oafishness of men who baked themselves like potatoes for amusement. ..."
4. Side-lights on English Society, Or Sketches from Life, Social & Satrical: Or by Eustace Clare Grenville Murray (1881)
"... penetrated into the sudarium than he strode out again, laughing and swearing
at the oafishness of men who baked themselves like potatoes for amusement. ..."
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