daffy
10
8.4
- adjective
- /ˈdæfi/
- Informal
- Boom babies, a bit daffier perhaps, a bit more forward in my obsession.
- a bit daffy
Examples
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She says if I don't shoot you, she won't love me... ...and I greatly wish to have her love me, because I'm daffy about her.
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" A daffy blonde," one of the men said.
Fiction book (2001) -
She is a bit daffy, but she can help you.
Fiction book (1999) -
A few days later, in a grand ceremony in St. Patrick's Cathedral, he married the belle of Montgomery, Alabama, Zelda Sayre, a daffy and beautiful young woman who had once broken off her engagement to him because his financial prospects were so dim.
Academic text (2000) -
Her daffy antics always make everyone laugh during the party.
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The movie was a daffy comedy filled with silly characters and outrageous situations.
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He has a daffy way of expressing his ideas, which makes him quite entertaining to listen to.
Synonyms
122
3.5
Silly in a funny, slightly foolish way
40
7.4
A child who acts in a foolish or playful way
26
5.8
Silly in a way that is slightly funny
5
8.2
Silly and a little forgetful in a friendly way
4
8.2
Being silly and a little strange in a friendly way
2
7.2
Being silly and forgetful but not serious
1
9.8
Acting silly and playful in a slightly strange but friendly way
1
7.2
Silly and slow to understand things
1
9.2
Silly in a light, playful way
1
9.9
Feeling silly and cheerful in a light, slightly confused way
1
8.5
A little strange in a kind, harmless way
A little strange and silly
Antonyms
How Silly
Surface Forms
Morphology
daffy = daffodil (opaque) = daff + y
Although formed via clipping from 'daffodil' with -y, the shift from a flower name to 'silly' is historically obscure and not predictable for learners.
Etymology
The word daffy probably comes from the old word daft, which means 'silly', or maybe from the bright flower daffodil, a name people once used for a foolish person. So daffy means 'silly' or a little 'crazy'.