daff
daff · daffs
A fool; an idiot; a blockheadA fool; an idiot; a blockhead.
/dæf/
Meaning
2 sensesA fool; an idiot; a blockhead.
(obsolete, uncountable)A preparation of gypsum once used to adulterate food products.
Origin
From Middle English daf, daffe (“fool, idiot”), from Old Norse daufr (“deaf, stupid”), froFrom 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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