Synonyms for daffy

Grammar : Adj

Spell : daf-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæf i

Définition of daffy

Origin : 1884, perhaps from daft (adj.), or from obsolete daffe "halfwit" (cf. 15c. daffish), of unknown origin. With -y (2). Related: Daffily; daffiness.

adj silly, crazy

Example sentences :

Saved my life by shooting a dog with a bottle of Daffy's elixir!'
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

My dear mother packed a bottle of Daffy's elixir in the barrel of my pistol.'
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Bob laughed heartily at his Cousin's interpretation of Daffy's.
Extract from : « Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. » by Pierce Egan

The crowd laughed and said, "poor fellow, he's daffy in the head."
Extract from : « Evening Round Up » by William Crosbie Hunter

Furthermore, he was so daffy and curdled in the Filbert that he sold three times as much as he had.
Extract from : « Ade's Fables » by George Ade

Take the lancets, Jonathan, and the basin too, and a bottle of Daffy's Elixir.
Extract from : « Ben Comee » by M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan

Deacon's Australian, you know, and they're daffy down there on colour.
Extract from : « A Son Of The Sun » by Jack London

He is younger than I and daffy on the subject of investigations.
Extract from : « Dave Porter in the Far North » by Edward Stratemeyer

Oh, mother, you're daffy about the Rexhills, why not admit it and be done with it?
Extract from : « Hidden Gold » by Wilder Anthony

But don't worry about me and this 'truck' and 'rubbish,' Lucien; I'm not daffy yet.
Extract from : « William Adolphus Turnpike » by William Banks

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