daffy

[ daf-ee ]

adjective

, Informal.

, daf·fi·er, daf·fi·est.

1. silly; weak-minded; crazy.

daffy

/ ˈdæfɪ /

adjective

1. informal.
   another word for daft daft

Other Words From

• daffi·ly adverb
• daffi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of daffy¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of daffy¹

C19: from obsolete daff fool; see daft

Example Sentences

Sometimes it’s a daffy, hard-to-parse turn of phrase like “That’s that me espresso”; sometimes it’s an unexpected burst of profanity like the “motherf—” Carpenter drops in “Please Please Please.”

From Los Angeles Times

If you want a taste of his magic, here he is opposite Jane Krakowski in the 2016 Broadway revival of “She Loves Me,” making the love-drunk number “Ilona” live again in all its daffy, bawdy, crooning euphoria.

From Los Angeles Times

The success of sparkly bops like Carpenter’s “Espresso” and Roan’s “Hot to Go!” proves that listeners are hungry for what Perry used to serve up, albeit now on the condition that it contain the kind of endearing quirk — Carpenter’s daffy neologisms in “Espresso,” for instance — that Perry seems paradoxically to have avoided in her eagerness to please.

From Los Angeles Times

Bob Hope, along with Daffy Duck and Marlene Dietrich, helped popularize the catchphrase ‘Now you’re cooking with gas.’

From Los Angeles Times

Behind Lamar in the race are Sabrina Carpenter with the daffy “Espresso,” Tommy Richman and his viral “Million Dollar Baby” and Post Malone with not one but two superstar duet partners: Taylor Swift in “Fortnight” and Morgan Wallen in “I Had Some Help.”

From Los Angeles Times