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daft 
[daft, dahft] Pronunciation Key
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[daft, dahft] Pronunciation Key –adjective, -er, -est.
| 1. | senseless, stupid, or foolish. |
| 2. | insane; crazy. |
| 3. | Scot. merry; playful; frolicsome. |
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daftly, adverb
daftness, noun
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| daft
(dāft) Pronunciation Key
adj. daft·er, daft·est
[Middle English dafte, foolish, from Old English gedæfte, meek.] daft'ly adv., daft'ness n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| daft | |
adjective | |
| informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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