noun · rare

doofus

doofus · doofuses · doofi

Kulturbanause

A person with poor judgment and tasteA person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.

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/ˈduːfəs/

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Meaning

1 senses

(derogatory, humorous, slang)A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.
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Danny is such a doofus!
обо́лтусobóltus

More definitions

a stupid incompetent person

Examples

4 sentences

What a doofus!
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Tom is a doofus.
Том — телепень.
ruТом — тупица.
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Mennad is the biggest doofus in the world.
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My cat is named Doofus.
ruМою кошку зовут Дурында.
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Translations

3 languages

Русский

person with poor judgement and taste:

Origin

Pseudo-Latinism, possibly an alteration of earlier goofus (first attested in the 1920s) du

Pseudo-Latinism, possibly an alteration of earlier goofus (first attested in the 1920s) due to influence from Scots doof (“simpleton”). Scots doof is derived from Low German doof (“deaf”, with a secondary sense of “idiotic, stupid”). The Low German word is cognate with English deaf. By surface analysis, doof + Latin -us.

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