- silly, often in a way that is funny
- Don't be so daft!
- She's not as daft as she looks.
- What a daft thing to say!
- The decision is just plain daft.
Word OriginOld English gedæfte ‘mild, meek’, of Germanic origin; related to Gothic gabadan ‘become or be fitting’.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See daft in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarydaft as a brush
- (British English, informal) very silly
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