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Meaning of DAFT

Pronunciation:  daft

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"
 
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 Synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, dotty, fruity, haywire, insane, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Daft\ (d[.a]ft), a. [OE. daft, deft, deft, stupid; prob.
the same word as E. deft. See {Deft}.]
1. Stupid; foolish; idiotic; also, delirious; insane; as, he
   has gone daft.
         Let us think no more of this daft business --Sir W.
                                               Scott.
2. Gay; playful; frolicsome. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
 
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