daff

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

A fool; an idiot; a blockhead.

Verb

1. (Scotland, intransitive) To be foolish; make sport; play; toy.
2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To daunt.

Verb

1. (transitive) To toss (aside); to dismiss.
2. (transitive) To turn (someone) aside; divert.

Concepts

déconner

faire le con

faire l'idiot

Synonymes

fool around

talk nonsense

Traductions

bromear

🤣

gelbe Narzisse

blödeln

cazzeggiare

dire sciocchezze

flauwe kul verkopen

brincar

huevear

hacer el tonto

Osterblume

decir burradas

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dæf/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: daf

Appartenant à suédois: döv

Appartenant à danois: døv

Hérité de moyen anglais: daffen

In summary

From Middle English daf, daffe (“fool, idiot”), from Old Norse daufr (“deaf, stupid”), from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf, stunned”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, whirl, smoke, be obscure”). Doublet of deaf, dof, and dowf. Cognate with Swedish döv (“deaf”), Danish døv (“deaf, stupid”). More at deaf.