daw

daw

[daw]
noun
2.
Obsolete. simpleton; fool.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English dawe; compare Old High German taha

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daw (dɔː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
an archaic, dialect, or poetic name for a jackdaw
 
[C15: related to Old High German taha]

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Daw is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Word Origin & History

daw
early 15c., from P.Gmc. *dakhwo, perhaps imitative of bird's cry.
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DAW
dispense as written
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