ouphe

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈuːf/
See all 2 pronunciations
/ˈuːf/ · /ˈaʊf/

Definition of ouphe

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf.
    “Strew good luck, ouphes, on every ſacred room, That it may ſtand 'till the perpetual Doom, In ſtate as wholſom, as in ſtate 'tis fit; Worthy the owner, as the owner it.”
    “For an Ouphe has broken his vestal vow; He has loved an earthly maid, And left for her his woodly shade;”
    “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, The 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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Etymology

From the same origin as awf, oaf (“elf child”).

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