Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ouphe

/ˈuːf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ouphe
IPA: /ˈuːf/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

ouphes (plural) aulf (alternative) ouph (alternative)

Rhymes With

proof roof smoke proof oof woof spoof hoof aloof goof poof doof reproof

Questions

How do you pronounce ouphe?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈuːf/.
What does ouphe mean?: A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf.
Where does ouphe come from?: From the same origin as awf, oaf (“elf child”).

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