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  1. adjective Mad; crazy.
  2. adjective Foolish; stupid.
  3. adjective Scots Frolicsome.

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  • Corollary: some people are daft, and others are still dafter.
  • It used to drive my father daft, and he finally decided not to drink at all in front of Judith. —  Garwood, Julie - The Secret
  • He couldn't figure out what in God's name the daft woman was trying to do. —  Garwood, Julie - Prince Charming
  • Clever-daft, my old granny used to call such folk. —  The Tartan Sell - Jonathan Gash - Lovejoy 10
  • They ought to have known it was daft, as well as dangerous, to put pressure on a man like that Mr Towne wasn't all that daft. —  ADDERS ON THE HEATH
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English dafte, foolish, from Old English gedæfte, meek.

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  1. Scots and English dial., from Middle English daft, variant of deft, stupid, foolish, mild, simple: see deft.
 

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