dorf
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ˈdɔːf/
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/ˈdɔːf/ · /ˈdɔɹf/
Definition of dorf
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A village in a German-speaking area.
“This dorf contained some forty dwellings.”
“So, all things considered, we were not very cheerful at first; but when the mist got higher and the day got brighter, and particularly after we left the first little dorf.”
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noun
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A village in a German-speaking area.
“This dorf contained some forty dwellings.”
“So, all things considered, we were not very cheerful at first; but when the mist got higher and the day got brighter, and particularly after we left the first little dorf.”
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freak.
“"So? What'a you want? That's stupid! You dorf! Yeah . . . okay. I'll see you when I get there. Get off my back, will you?" When you tell him that's no way to talk to a friend, he looks at you as though you're from another planet.”
“He walked next to me on his knees, mimicking my gait. His face was down at my level, spit bubbling at the corner of his mouth. “I'm a dorf too!””
“"We only got one goddamn Tek chip, asshole," a teenage girl was saying in a thin nasal voice. “And you dorfs promised me first turn.””
- (broadly, humorous)A dwarf.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
In some cases from German Dorf and in others from the cognate Yiddish דאָרף (dorf). Doublet of dorp and thorp.
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