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daffy

American  
[daf-ee] / ˈdæf i /

adjective

Informal.
daffier, daffiest
  1. silly; weak-minded; crazy.


daffy British  
/ ˈdæfɪ /

adjective

  1. informal another word for daft daft

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of daffy

1880–85; daff (obsolete; see daff 1) + -y 1

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And it’s the kind of daffy stuff that’s driving hardcore soccer fans crazy and confusing all the new ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Some wizard just proposed fixing this daffy, diluted, far-too-long 16 team playoff by making it 24 teams.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 20, 2026

But the order wasn’t just daffy; it was pernicious.

From Seattle Times Apr. 4, 2024

But Galitzine’s daffy line readings keep making you do a double take.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2024

Noah and I are about eight and dressed in matching sailor outfits looking totally daffy.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

I reminded McKay of a moment of a much daffier sort that I observed years ago, during the making of “Anchorman 2.”

From New York Times Nov. 29, 2018

It's a short hop from his teen-noir doodles to Jeremy Scott's costumes for Katy Perry or from his warped '80s tunes about eating makeup to the daffier sides of Lady Gaga.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2016

But just as a botanical insurrection seems imminent —a sort of “Rise of the Planet of the Azaleas” — things take a kinkier and daffier turn.

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2012

Marie's fluffs at rehearsals and on the air are daffier than anything a scripter might imagine.

From Time Magazine Archive

But that evening-long episode of The Fugitive, with play-by-play from Barbara Walters, Tom Brokaw and seemingly every local newscaster in Los Angeles, was the daffiest media spectacle of the year.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Crazy Creightons is radio's daffiest 30 minutes.

From Time Magazine Archive

If humor were measured in inches, Hutton and Prentiss would be the daffiest double in show business; since it isn't, they are merely the most promising young pair of romanticomedians currently in camerange.

From Time Magazine Archive

On that level, Sisters is a delight and is exquisitely performed, especially by Kahn as the ditsiest, daffiest and ultimately most devious of this matriarchal clan.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You tourists still seem to have the daffiest notions."

From Sugar Plum by Bretnor, Reginald

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