doofus
A person with poor judgment and tasteA person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.
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1 senses(derogatory, humorous, slang)A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.
Stocks Genius or Dot-Com Doofus? – Wired News
Danny is such a doofus!
обо́лтусobóltus
- a stupid incompetent person
Examples
4 sentencesWhat a doofus!
Tom is a doofus.
Том — телепень. — oromashka
ruТом — тупица. — User55521
Mennad is the biggest doofus in the world.
My cat is named Doofus.
ruМою кошку зовут Дурында. — Ooneykcall
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
Pseudo-Latinism, possibly an alteration of earlier goofus (first attested in the 1920s) duPseudo-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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Forms
plural: doofuses / doofiSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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