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    [Adjective]  | "daft" | \ ˈdaft \


    1: silly, foolish

    2: mad, insane

    3: frivolously merry

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English daffte, daft, defte "well-mannered, gentle, dull, foolish," going back to Old English gedæfte "gentle, mild, meek," adjective derivative of a Germanic base *daƀ- "becoming, fit" (whence also Old English gedafen "appropriate, fitting," Gothic gadaban "to happen, be suitable," with lengthened grade Old English gedēfe "fitting, worthy, quiet, tranquil," Middle Dutch onghedoef "wild, rough," Gothic gadob ist "it is fitting"), going back to dialectal Indo-European *dhabh- or *dhobh-, whence also Old Church Slavic podobati "to become, be fitting," dobrŭ "good, pleasant," Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian dôba, dȍba "time, season," Lithuanian dabà "nature, character," dabnùs "well-dressed, elegant";

      * Note : The sense progression from Germanic to Modern English is apparently "fit, becoming" to "well-mannered, modest" to "dull, stupid" to "foolish, irrational." See also {deft|deft}.;

    [Idiomatic phrase]  | "daft as a brush" 


    1: very silly or somewhat foolish

    Origin: 1953 ;

    [Adjective]  | "daft" 


    1: showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment;


      * e.g., " ... a daft plan, doomed to wretched failure and merciless ridicule "




    2: unable to think in a clear or sensible way;


      * e.g., " ... the king was clearly daft, talking to trees and rocks as if they were people "




     [ "daft" ]

    1: Stupid, as in 80% of the world's population.

      * e.g.,  ... Our daft ways will eventually lead to our self destruction. 

     [ "daft" ]

    1: an expression or state of mind that is ditzy, blank or just plain empty.

      * e.g.,  ... That went right over my head. I must be daft. 

     [ "daft" ]

    1: crazy, stupid, insane, nuts, moronic, asinine

      * e.g.,  ... "Dude! Like, I'm gonna jump off that bridge!" 

     [ "daft" ]

    1: A state of mind in which a person is blank, slow, or just plain stupid.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: What was the maths homework? 

     [ "daft" ]

    1: Inane. A person whose strongly held ideas and beliefs go against common sense.

      * e.g.,  ... Stan is so daft, he saw an ad in the paper for a parachute-"Only used once, never opened, small stain."-that he wondered out aloud if it opens on impact.  

     [ "daft" ]

    1: These days primarily charvanese used in conjunction with the word cunt.

      * e.g.,  ... 'Ya daft cunt' 

     [ "daft" ]

    2: Generally not a insulting term.

     [ "daft" ]

    3: Its true English meaning is 'silly'

     [ "daft" ]

    1: Stupid person

      * e.g.,  ... your a daft bugger aren't you shit face 

     [ "daft" ]

    1: odd, strange, does not make sense

      * e.g.,  ... I made 56k last year, now i'm only making 38k, daft eh? 

     [ "daft" ]

    1: dumb & fucking tired

      * e.g.,  ... yo sorry, I just woke up i’m feeling super daft 

     [ "daft" ]

    1: marcel von castenmiller

      * e.g.,  ... "what does daft mean?" 

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