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daff

Daff (noun) means a fool; an idiot; a blockhead.

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A fool; an idiot; a blockhead.
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Etymology

From Middle English daf, daffe (“fool, idiot”), from Old Norse daufr (“deaf, stupid”), from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf, stunned”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, whirl, smoke, be obscure”). Doublet of deaf, dof, and dowf. Cognate with Swedish döv (“deaf”), Danish døv (“deaf, stupid”). More at deaf.

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"daff" (noun) means a fool; an idiot; a blockhead.

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