ouphe

== English == === Alternative forms === aulf, ouph === Etymology === From the same origin as awf, oaf (“elf child”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuːf/, /ˈaʊf/ Rhymes: -uːf === Noun === ouphe (plural ouphes) (obsolete) A small, often mischievous sprite; a fairy; a goblin; an elf. 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.