different between oafish vs schlubby

English

Etymology

oaf +? -ish

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?f??/

Adjective

oafish (comparative more oafish, superlative most oafish)

1. Characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid.

Derived terms

• oafishness

Translations

English

Etymology

From schlub +? -y; schlub is derived from Yiddish ??????? (zhlob), perhaps from Polish ??ób (“manger, trough; furrow, large groove in the soil”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l?bi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l?bi/, /??l?-/
• Rhymes: -?bi
• Hyphenation: schlub?by

Adjective

schlubby (comparative schlubbier or more schlubby, superlative schlubbiest or most schlubby)

1. (chiefly US, informal) Clumsy, oafish, or socially awkward; unattractive or unkempt.

Alternative forms

• shlubby
• zhlubby (rare)

Related terms

• schlub

Translations

References

Further reading

• William Safire (5 October 2003) , “The Way We Live Now”, in The New York Times Magazine?^[4], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, ISSN 0028-7822, OCLC 671821214, archived from the original on 3 February 2018