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daft
[daft, dahft] 
–adjective, -er, -est.
| 1. | senseless, stupid, or foolish. |
| 2. | insane; crazy. |
| 3. | Scot. merry; playful; frolicsome. |
Related forms:
daftly, adverb
daftness, noun
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| daft (dāft) adj. daft·er, daft·est
[Middle English dafte, foolish, from Old English gedæfte, meek.] daft'ly adv., daft'ness n. |
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Daft
Daft\ (d[.a]ft), a. [OE. daft, deft, deft, stupid; prob. the same word as E. deft. See Deft.]1. Stupid; foolish; idiotic; also, delirious; insane; as, he has gone daft. Let us think no more of this daft business --Sir W. Scott. 2. Gay; playful; frolicsome. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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daft
O.E. gedæfte "gentle, becoming," from P.Gmc. *gadaftjaz. Sense progression from "mildness" to "dullness" (14c.) to "foolish" (15c.) to "crazy" (1536), probably influenced by analogy with daffe "halfwit."
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