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daftness

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daft

  [daft, dahft]
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–adjective, -er, -est.
1. senseless, stupid, or foolish.
2. insane; crazy.
3. Scot. merry; playful; frolicsome.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME dafte uncouth, awkward; earlier, gentle, meek, OE dæfte; cf. deft

Related forms:
daftly, adverb
daftness, noun
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daft   (dāft)   
adj.   daft·er, daft·est

  1. Mad; crazy.

  2. Foolish; stupid.

  3. Scots Frolicsome.


[Middle English dafte, foolish, from Old English gedæfte, meek.]
daft'ly adv., daft'ness 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" (1536), probably influenced by analogy with daffe "halfwit."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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