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

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Example Sentences

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daffing

Hout awa', auld carle," said the old dame, "to speak sic daffing to young folk.

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott

I hae had mony a day's daffing wi' Jean's mither, and they say she bides on wi' them.

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott

You are aye daffing, Ian; I am o’er busy for nonsense the now.

From An Orkney Maid by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Mary Hope," he used to say to her in his daffing way, "your scones are better than your father's law.

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

If I leave the fireside for a minute or two, everything stops but daffing till I get back again.

From A Knight of the Nets by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

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