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Definition daff

Etymology 1

From Middle English daf, daffe (“fool, idiot”), from Old Norse daufr (“deaf, stupid”), from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf, stunned”), from Proto-Indo-European *dheubh- (“to whisk, whirl, smoke, be obscure”). Cognate with Swedish döv (“deaf”), Danish døv (“deaf, stupid”). More at deaf.

Noun

daff (plural daffs)

1. A fool; an idiot; a blockhead.

Etymology 2

From Middle English daffen (“to render foolish”), from daf, daffe (“fool, idiot”). See above.

Verb

daff (third-person singular simple present daffs, present participle daffing, simple past and past participle daffed)

1. (intransitive) To be foolish; make sport; play; toy.
2. (Britain, dialectal, obsolete) To daunt.

Etymology 3

Variant of doff.

Verb

daff (third-person singular simple present daffs, present participle daffing, simple past and past participle daffed)

1. (transitive) To toss (aside); to dismiss.
2. (transitive) To turn (someone) aside; divert.

Etymology 4

From daffodil.

Noun

daff (plural daffs)

1. (Britain, informal) Clipping of daffodil.

Etymology 5

Noun

daff (plural daffs)

1. Alternative form of daf (“type of drum”)

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