"daft" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /dɑːft/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dæft/ [General-American, Northern-England] Audio: en-au-daft.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-daft.wav Forms: dafter [comparative], daftest [superlative]
enPR: dăft [General-American, Northern-England] Rhymes: -ɑːft, -æft Etymology: From Middle English dafte, defte (“gentle; having good manners; humble, modest; awkward; dull; boorish”), from Old English dæfte (“accommodating; gentle, meek, mild”), from Proto-West Germanic *daftī (“fitting, suitable”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“fitting; to fit together”). Related to Old English dafnian, dafenian (“to be fitting, appropriate, or becoming”), Russian до́брый (dóbryj, “good”). Compare silly which originally meant “blessed; good, innocent; pitiful; weak”, but now means “laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance; mentally simple, foolish”. Unrelated to, though perhaps influenced by, daff (“fool (n.); to be foolish (v.)”) (past form daffed). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dafte}} Middle English dafte, {{inh|en|ang|dæfte|t=accommodating; gentle, meek, mild}} Old English dæfte (“accommodating; gentle, meek, mild”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*daftī|t=fitting, suitable}} Proto-West Germanic *daftī (“fitting, suitable”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰh₂ebʰ-|t=fitting; to fit together}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“fitting; to fit together”), {{cog|ang|dafnian}} Old English dafnian, {{cog|ru|до́брый|t=good}} Russian до́брый (dóbryj, “good”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} daft (comparative dafter, superlative daftest)
  1. (chiefly British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid. Tags: Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, informal Synonyms: foolish Translations (foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly): неразумен (nerazumen) (Bulgarian), gocki (Cornish), åndssvag (Danish), latterlig (Danish), dingue (French), branque (French), albern (German), amaideach (Irish), balordo [masculine] (Italian), balzano [masculine] (Italian), meecheeallagh (Manx), rūrūwai (Maori), sandeu (Portuguese), faoin (Scottish Gaelic), tonto (Spanish), fånig (Swedish), löjlig (Swedish), tramsig (Swedish), ffôl (Welsh), twp (Welsh)
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  2. (chiefly British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Crazy, insane, mad. Tags: Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, informal Synonyms: insane Translations (crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad): побъркан (pobǎrkan) (Bulgarian), ненормален (nenormalen) (Bulgarian), buang (Cebuano), cinglé (French), verrückt (German), pazzoide (Italian), jucis (Latvian), meecheeallagh (Manx), zwariowany (Polish), louco [masculine] (Portuguese), сумасше́дший (sumasšédšij) (Russian), рехнувшийся (rexnuvšijsja) (Russian), безрассудный (bezrassudnyj) (Russian), nor [masculine] (Slovene), besen [masculine] (Slovene), loco (Spanish), sinnessjuk (Swedish), galen (Swedish), deli (Turkish)
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  3. (obsolete) Gentle, meek, mild. Tags: obsolete
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: deft Translations (stupid — see also stupid): глупав (glupav) (Bulgarian), gocki (Cornish), dum (Danish), simplet (French), blöd (German), bescheuert (German), doof (German), stupido [masculine] (Italian), scemo [masculine] (Italian), stulbs (Latvian), muļķis (Latvian), aušīgs (Latvian), estúpido [masculine] (Portuguese), глу́пый (glúpyj) (Russian), слабоумный (slaboumnyj) (Russian), neumen [masculine] (Slovene), zabit [informal, masculine] (Slovene), estúpido (Spanish), dum (Swedish)
Derived forms: bedaft, daft as a brush, daften, daftie, dafty [Northern-England, Scotland], daftish, daft laddie, daftlike, daftly, daftness, daftsome Disambiguation of 'stupid — see also stupid': 45 38 17

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1602, David Lyndesay [i.e., David Lyndsay], Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaits, in Commendation of Vertew and Vitvperation of Vyce (in Scots), Edinburgh: Printed be Robert Charteris, →OCLC; republished as Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaits, in Commendation of Vertew and Vitvperation of Vyce (Early English Text Society, Original Series; no. 37), [London]: [Published for the Early English Text Society, by N[icholas] Trübner & Co.], [1869], →OCLC, page 451, lines 2008–2010:",
          "text": "Thou art the daftest fuill that ever I saw. / Trows thou, man, be the law to get remeid / Of men of kirk? Na, nocht till thou be deid.",
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          "ref": "1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter II, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume III (A Legend of Montrose), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, pages 188–189:",
          "text": "So that if a boor complains of a broken-head, or a beer-seller of a broken can, or a daft wench does but squeak loud enough to be heard above her breath, a soldier of honour shall be dragged, not before his own court-martial, who can best judge of and punish his demerits, but before a base mechanical burgo-master, who shall menace him with the rasp-house, the cord, and what not, as if he were one of their own mean, amphibious, twenty-breeched boors.",
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          "ref": "1985, George MacDonald Fraser, chapter 1, in Flashman and the Dragon: From the Flashman Papers, 1860, London: Collins Harvill, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Plume, 1987, →ISBN:",
          "text": "In case you haven't heard of them [the Taipings], I must tell you that they were another of those incredible phenomena that made China the topsy-turvey mess it was, like some fantastic land from Gulliver, where everything was upside down and out of kilter. Talk about moonbeams from cucumbers; the Taipings were even dafter than that.",
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          "ref": "1990, Iain Pears, The Raphael Affair, London: Gollancz, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Harper, 2014, →ISBN, page 22:",
          "text": "You haven't exactly been playing the master tactician through all this, but that seems the daftest course you could possibly have taken.",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations"
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    {
      "word": "bedaft"
    },
    {
      "word": "daft as a brush"
    },
    {
      "word": "daften"
    },
    {
      "word": "daftie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern-England",
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "dafty"
    },
    {
      "word": "daftish"
    },
    {
      "word": "daft laddie"
    },
    {
      "word": "daftlike"
    },
    {
      "word": "daftly"
    },
    {
      "word": "daftness"
    },
    {
      "word": "daftsome"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "dafte"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "dæfte",
        "t": "accommodating; gentle, meek, mild"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*daftī",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰh₂ebʰ-",
        "t": "fitting; to fit together"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“fitting; to fit together”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "dafnian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English dafnian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "до́брый",
        "t": "good"
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      "expansion": "Russian до́брый (dóbryj, “good”)",
      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English dafte, defte (“gentle; having good manners; humble, modest; awkward; dull; boorish”), from Old English dæfte (“accommodating; gentle, meek, mild”), from Proto-West Germanic *daftī (“fitting, suitable”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“fitting; to fit together”). Related to Old English dafnian, dafenian (“to be fitting, appropriate, or becoming”), Russian до́брый (dóbryj, “good”).\nCompare silly which originally meant “blessed; good, innocent; pitiful; weak”, but now means “laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance; mentally simple, foolish”.\nUnrelated to, though perhaps influenced by, daff (“fool (n.); to be foolish (v.)”) (past form daffed).",
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      "form": "dafter",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "daftest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "deft"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "British English",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Irish English",
        "New Zealand English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a daft idea",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You are the daftest fool that ever I saw. / Trust you, man, by the law to get a remedy / From men of the church? No, not till you are dead.",
          "ref": "1602, David Lyndesay [i.e., David Lyndsay], Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaits, in Commendation of Vertew and Vitvperation of Vyce (in Scots), Edinburgh: Printed be Robert Charteris, →OCLC; republished as Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaits, in Commendation of Vertew and Vitvperation of Vyce (Early English Text Society, Original Series; no. 37), [London]: [Published for the Early English Text Society, by N[icholas] Trübner & Co.], [1869], →OCLC, page 451, lines 2008–2010:",
          "text": "Thou art the daftest fuill that ever I saw. / Trows thou, man, be the law to get remeid / Of men of kirk? Na, nocht till thou be deid.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter II, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume III (A Legend of Montrose), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, pages 188–189:",
          "text": "So that if a boor complains of a broken-head, or a beer-seller of a broken can, or a daft wench does but squeak loud enough to be heard above her breath, a soldier of honour shall be dragged, not before his own court-martial, who can best judge of and punish his demerits, but before a base mechanical burgo-master, who shall menace him with the rasp-house, the cord, and what not, as if he were one of their own mean, amphibious, twenty-breeched boors.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985, George MacDonald Fraser, chapter 1, in Flashman and the Dragon: From the Flashman Papers, 1860, London: Collins Harvill, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Plume, 1987, →ISBN:",
          "text": "In case you haven't heard of them [the Taipings], I must tell you that they were another of those incredible phenomena that made China the topsy-turvey mess it was, like some fantastic land from Gulliver, where everything was upside down and out of kilter. Talk about moonbeams from cucumbers; the Taipings were even dafter than that.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Iain Pears, The Raphael Affair, London: Gollancz, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Harper, 2014, →ISBN, page 22:",
          "text": "You haven't exactly been playing the master tactician through all this, but that seems the daftest course you could possibly have taken.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Foolish, silly, stupid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Foolish",
          "foolish"
        ],
        [
          "silly",
          "silly"
        ],
        [
          "stupid",
          "stupid"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "foolish"
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      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "British",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "British English",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Irish English",
        "New Zealand English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1824 June, [Walter Scott], “Darsie Latimer’s Journal, in Continuation. Sheet 2.”, in Redgauntlet, […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, pages 143–144:",
          "text": "\"Ow, he is just a wood harum-scarum creature, that wad never take to his studies;—daft, sir, clean daft.\" / […] / \"[W]owff—a wee bit by the East-Nook or sae; it's a common case—the ae half of the warld thinks t'other daft. I have met with folks in my day, that thought I was daft mysell;[…]\" / \"I cannot make out a word of his cursed brogue,\" said the Cumbrian justice; \"can you, neighbour—eh? What can he mean by deft?\" / \"He means mad\", said the party appealed to, thrown off his guard by impatience of this protracted discussion.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1843 April, “The Vale of Glencoe: A Tale of Scotland”, in The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XXI, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Published by John Allen, […], →OCLC, page 339:",
          "text": "The boy gathered himself up, shook his shaggy head, and, said, in a piteous tone: 'Davie's daft!' 'Davie's daft!' He then kicked the poor idiot till his cries attracted the attention of the guests, some of whom immediately came to the spot: […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1876, S[arah] R. Whitehead, “On the Wrong Coach”, in Daft Davie and Other Sketches of Scottish Life and Character, London: Hodder and Stoughton, […], →OCLC, page 220:",
          "text": "‘It’s a lee [lie],’ says the man; ‘she’s either drunk or daft.’ / ‘Me drunk, you ill-tongued vagabond!’ says my Auntie Kirsty, who couldna bear such a reproach on her good name, ‘I’m a’ but blackfasting this day from either meat or drink; you had better no meddle wi’ my character.’",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Crazy, insane, mad."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "crazy"
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        [
          "insane",
          "insane"
        ],
        [
          "mad",
          "mad"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Crazy, insane, mad."
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        {
          "word": "insane"
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        "Australia",
        "British",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "informal"
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1825, “Who’s at My Window”, in Allan Cunningham, compiler, The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern; […] In Four Volumes, volume III, London: Printed for John Taylor, […], →OCLC, page 334:",
          "text": "There's mirth in the barn and the ha', the ha', / There's mirth in the barn and the ha': / There's quaffing and laughing, / And dancing and daffing; / And our young bride's daftest of a', of a', / And our young bride's daftest of a'.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Gentle, meek, mild."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "gentle"
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        [
          "meek",
          "meek"
        ],
        [
          "mild",
          "mild"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Gentle, meek, mild."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
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      "ipa": "/dɑːft/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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    {
      "enpr": "dăft",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Northern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dæft/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Northern-England"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːft"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-æft"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nerazumen",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "неразумен"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "gocki"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "åndssvag"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "latterlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "dingue"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "branque"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "albern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "amaideach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balordo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balzano"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "meecheeallagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "rūrūwai"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "sandeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "faoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "tonto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "fånig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "löjlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "tramsig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "ffôl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "foolish, silly — see also foolish, silly",
      "word": "twp"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pobǎrkan",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "побъркан"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nenormalen",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "ненормален"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "buang"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "cinglé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "verrückt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "pazzoide"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "jucis"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "meecheeallagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "zwariowany"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "louco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sumasšédšij",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "сумасше́дший"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rexnuvšijsja",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "рехнувшийся"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezrassudnyj",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "безрассудный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "besen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "loco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "sinnessjuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "galen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
      "word": "deli"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glupav",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "word": "глупав"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "word": "gocki"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "word": "dum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "word": "simplet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "word": "blöd"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "word": "bescheuert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "word": "doof"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stupido"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scemo"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "word": "stulbs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "word": "muļķis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "word": "aušīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estúpido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glúpyj",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "word": "глу́пый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slaboumnyj",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "word": "слабоумный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neumen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zabit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "word": "estúpido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
      "word": "dum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "daft"
}

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