doofus

Betekenis (Engels)

A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.

Sinonieme

half-wit

dimwit

nitwit

goof

klutz

schnook

simpleton

stupe

tomfool

nebbech

chump

shnook

churl

clod

Vertalings

sòmines

fessacchiotto

andouille

four

cretino

Idiot

mammalucco

minchione

scioccone

pinco

mamalucco

sabata

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈduːfəs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Skots: doof

Verwante met Engels: deaf

In summary

Perhaps an alteration of earlier goofus (first attested in the 1920s), due to influence from Scots doof (“simpleton”). Scots doof is derived from Low German doof (“deaf", with a secondary sense of "idiotic, stupid”). The Low Saxon word is cognate with English deaf.
Some have proposed that perhaps dupe played some kind of role in the development of doofus as well.