Daff

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dæf/
• Rhymes: -æf

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 döf ("deaf"), Danish døv ("deaf, stupid"). More at deaf.

Full definition of daff

Noun

1. A fool; an idiot; a blockhead.

Derived terms

• bedaff
• daffish
• daffock
• daffy

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

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be foolish; make sport; play; toy.
2. (UK, dialect) To daunt.

Derived terms

• daffing
• daffle

Variant of doff.

Verb

1. (transitive) To toss aside; put off; doff.
• 1599, William Shakespeare, ,DON PEDRO. I would she had bestowed this dotage on me; I would have daffed all other respects and made her half myself.
2. (transitive) To turn (someone) aside; divert.

From daffodil.

Noun

1. (British, informal) Short form of daffodil.Get your daffs here - £2 a bunch

Anagrams

• aff'd