daffing

[ daf-ing ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

1. silliness; playful behavior; merriment;
2. Archaic. insanity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of daffing¹

First recorded in 1525–35; daff ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

"I was never even asked after," she complained to her son, "and Dora kept them all of two hours—such ignorance of social customs—and I could hear them talking and singing like a crowd of daffing young people."

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There’s no a soul on the hill but you and me and thae daffing and drinking gypsies.

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And with his merry daffing, He set them all a laughing.

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"I think your father was 'at the horn' mair nor yince himsel', mither," said I, remembering certain daffing talk of my father's.

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

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