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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}.;

    [Noun]  | "daftness" 


    1: lack of good sense or judgment;


      * e.g., " ... his dithery daftness makes him unfit for any position but that of class clown "





    [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: A silly, stupid person.

      * e.g.,  ... When the Leland twins--Herschel and Thierry have one of their many parties, get extremely drunk, they become rather daft. 

     [ "Dafting" ]

    1: Dancing to Daft Punk music.

      * e.g.,  ... As soon as that new Daft Punk song came on the radio, everyone stopped what they were doing and began dafting. 

     [ "daft" ]

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

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

     [ "Daft" ]

    1: Stupid dumbasses who have no life.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Daft means stupid 

     [ "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: Someone or something that is odd and/or crazy.

      * e.g.,  ... "No you daft prat! You didn't do dingle-donger!" - Markiplier 

     [ "Daft" ]

    1: A term, mostly old people use, or like really smart people (like your high english teacher) it is used to describe someone that is odd, or wierd, or just plain stupid!!

      * e.g.,  ... Ari; blah blah blah, (stupid stuff) 

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