coof

American  

[koof] / kuf /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. a silly or stupid person.

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Etymology

Origin of coof

First recorded in 1715–25; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

And Andrew, wha's granny is yearning To see him a clerical blade, Was sent to the college for learning, And cam' back a coof as he gaed.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

But hear me, Sir, deil as ye are, Look something to your credit; A coof like him wad stain your name, If it were kent ye did it.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

Where ance the coggie hirpled fair,  And blithesome poortith toomed the loof There's nae a burnie giglet rare  But blaws in ilka jinking coof.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

Where ance the coggie hirpled fair, And blithesome poortith toomed the loof, There's nae a burnie giglet rare But blaws in ilka jinking coof.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

A lord, no doubt, may be a "birkie" and a "coof," but may not a ploughman be so too?

From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell