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daff
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dæf/
- Rhymes: -æf
Etymology 1
From Middle English daf, daffe (“fool, idiot”), from Old Norse daufr (“deaf, stupid”), from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf, stunned”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?- (“to whisk, whirl, smoke, be obscure”). Doublet of dowf and dof. Cognate with Swedish döv (“deaf”), Danish døv (“deaf, stupid”). More at deaf.
Noun
daff (plural daffs)
- A fool; an idiot; a blockhead.
Derived terms
- bedaff
- daffish
- daffock
- daffy
Etymology 2
From Middle English daffen (“to render foolish”), from daf, daffe (“fool, idiot”). See above.
Verb
daff (third-person singular simple present daffs, present participle daffing, simple past and past participle daffed)
- (intransitive) To be foolish; make sport; play; toy.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)
- (Britain, dialect, obsolete) To daunt.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Grose to this entry?)
Derived terms
- daffing
- daffle
Etymology 3
Variant of doff.
Verb
daff (third-person singular simple present daffs, present participle daffing, simple past and past participle daffed)
- (transitive) To toss (aside); to dismiss.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 3
- DON PEDRO. I would she had bestowed this dotage on me; I would have daffed all other respects and made her half myself.
- 1948, CS Lewis, ‘Notes on the Way’:
- Such is the record of Scripture. Nor can you daff it aside by saying that local and temporary conditions condemned women to silence and private life.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 3
- (transitive) To turn (someone) aside; divert.
Etymology 4
From daffodil.
Noun
daff (plural daffs)
- (Britain, informal) Clipping of daffodil.
- Get your daffs here - £2 a bunch.
- 1934, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors
- You want a few more daffs on the decani side […]
Etymology 5
Noun
daff (plural daffs)
- Alternative form of daf (“type of drum”)
Anagrams
- aff'd
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Verb
daff
- Alternative form of doff
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dafs
English
Noun
dafs
- plural of daf
Anagrams
- ADFs, ASDF, DFAS, DFAs, FASD, SADF, fads
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