daffing

American  

[daf-ing] / ˈdæf ɪŋ /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. silliness; playful behavior; merriment;

2. Archaic. insanity.

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Etymology

Origin of daffing

First recorded in 1525–35; daff ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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daffing

In a second the little marquis dropped his daffing manner.

From The Duke's Motto A Melodrama by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

It was just daffing, I tell ye: daffing, and nae mair: a piece of fun, like! 

From Lay Morals by Stevenson, Robert Louis

And with his merry daffing He set them all a-laughing,     Ha, ha, ha!

From The Real Mother Goose by Wright, Blanche Fisher

"I think your father was 'at the horn' mair nor yince himsel', mither," said I, remembering certain daffing talk of my father's.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

And then will come dancing and daffing, And reelin' and crossin' o' hans, Till even auld Lucky is laughing, As back by the aumry she stans.

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