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"text": "a daft idea",
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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.\nYou 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.",
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"ref": "1985, George MacDonald Fraser, chapter 1, in Flashman and the Dragon: From the Flashman Papers, 1860, London: Collins Harvill; republished New York, N.Y.: Plume, 1987",
"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; republished New York, N.Y.: Harper, 2014, 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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"sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
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"word": "dum"
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"sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
"word": "simplet"
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"sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
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"sense": "stupid — see also stupid",
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"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: […]",
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"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.’",
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"word": "verrückt"
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"word": "pazzoide"
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"word": "meecheeallagh"
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"sense": "crazy, insane — see also crazy, insane, mad",
"word": "zwariowany"
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"word": "loco"
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"word": "sinnessjuk"
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"word": "galen"
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"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'.",
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/æft",
"Rhymes:English/æft/1 syllable",
"Rhymes:English/ɑːft",
"Rhymes:English/ɑːft/1 syllable"
],
"derived": [
{
"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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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "dafte"
},
"expansion": "Middle English dafte",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "defte",
"t": "gentle; having good manners; humble, modest; awkward; dull; boorish"
},
"expansion": "defte (“gentle; having good manners; humble, modest; awkward; dull; boorish”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "dæfte",
"t": "accommodating; gentle, meek, mild"
},
"expansion": "Old English dæfte (“accommodating; gentle, meek, mild”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*daftī",
"t": "fitting, suitable"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *daftī (“fitting, suitable”)",
"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": "ang",
"2": "dafenian",
"t": "to be fitting, appropriate, or becoming"
},
"expansion": "dafenian (“to be fitting, appropriate, or becoming”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "до́брый",
"t": "good"
},
"expansion": "Russian до́брый (dóbryj, “good”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "silly"
},
"expansion": "silly",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "daff",
"3": "",
"4": "fool (n.); to be foolish (v.)"
},
"expansion": "daff (“fool (n.); to be foolish (v.)”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "daffed"
},
"expansion": "daffed",
"name": "m"
}
],
"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).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dafter",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "daftest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "daft (comparative dafter, superlative daftest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "deft"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"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"
},
{
"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.\nYou 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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1985, George MacDonald Fraser, chapter 1, in Flashman and the Dragon: From the Flashman Papers, 1860, London: Collins Harvill; republished New York, N.Y.: Plume, 1987",
"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": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1990, Iain Pears, The Raphael Affair, London: Gollancz; republished New York, N.Y.: Harper, 2014, 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": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Foolish, silly, stupid."
],
"links": [
[
"Foolish",
"foolish"
],
[
"silly",
"silly"
],
[
"stupid",
"stupid"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "foolish"
}
],
"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": "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": "quotation"
},
{
"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": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Crazy, insane, mad."
],
"links": [
[
"Crazy",
"crazy"
],
[
"insane",
"insane"
],
[
"mad",
"mad"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Crazy, insane, mad."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "insane"
}
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"British",
"Ireland",
"New-Zealand",
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"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": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Gentle, meek, mild."
],
"links": [
[
"Gentle",
"gentle"
],
[
"meek",
"meek"
],
[
"mild",
"mild"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Gentle, meek, mild."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/dɑːft/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/dæft/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Northern-England"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːft"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æft"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/En-au-daft.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-daft.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/73/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-daft.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-daft.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "dăft"
}
],
"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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