Nearby Words
adjective, -er, -est.
1.
senseless, stupid, or foolish.
2.
insane; crazy.
3.
Scot. merry; playful; frolicsome.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English dafte uncouth, awkward; earlier, gentle, meek, Old English dæfte; compare deft
before 1000; Middle English dafte uncouth, awkward; earlier, gentle, meek, Old English dæfte; compare deft
Related forms
daft·ly, adverb
daft·ness, noun
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Daft
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example Sentences
- Idealism may seem a little daft at first blush.
- Are you daft or joking? “Ostentatious” is indeed a word.
- His friends, he says, inquired whether he was daft.
Collins
World English Dictionary
| daft (dɑːft) | |
| —adj (foll by about) | |
| 1. | informal foolish, simple, or stupid |
| 2. | a slang word for insane |
| 3. | informal extremely fond (of) |
| 4. | slang frivolous; giddy |
| [Old English gedæfte gentle, foolish; related to Middle Low German ondaft incapable] | |
| 'daftly | |
| —adv | |
| 'daftness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
daft
O.E. gedæfte "gentle, becoming," from P.Gmc. *gadaftjaz. Sense progression from "mildness" to "dullness" (14c.) to "foolish" (15c.) to "crazy" (1530s), probably influenced by analogy with daffe "halfwit."
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