Daff Definition
daf
verb
To act the part of a fool; behave playfully.
Webster's New World
To turn or thrust aside.
Webster's New World
To take off (clothes); doff.
Webster's New World
(UK, dialect) To daunt.
Wiktionary
noun
(UK, informal) Short form of daffodil.
Get your daffs here - £2 a bunch.
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Other Word Forms of Daff
Noun
Singular:
daff
Plural:
daffsOrigin of Daff
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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.
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From Middle English daffen (“to render foolish”), from daf, daffe (“fool, idiot”). See above.
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Variant of doff.
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From daffodil.
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