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語源 1

In some cases from German Dorf and in others from the cognate Yiddish דאָרף (dorf). Doublet of dorp and thorp.

名詞

dorf (plural dorfs)

1. A village in a German-speaking area.
   • 1845, Jeptha Root Simms, History of Schoharie County and Border Wars of New York: […] , Albany: Munsell & Tanner, printers, page 48:

     This dorf contained some forty dwellings.

   • 1853, Thomas Carlyle, Fraser's Magazine, page 280:

     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.

語源 2

Changed from dwarf.

名詞

dorf (plural dorfs)

1. (term of disparagement) freak.
   • 1989, Toni Sortor, Lord, don't you get frustrated with teenagers too?, Fleming H Revell Co, →ISBN:

     "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.

   • 2010, Julie Genovese, Nothing Short of Joy, →ISBN, page 10:

     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!”

   • 2014, William Shatner, Tek Net, →ISBN:

     "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.”

2. (humorous, by extension) A dwarf.

アナグラム

• Ford, ford