daffy
/ˈdafi
/adjective (daffier, daffiest) informal
Silly; mildly eccentric: another one of his daffy dad’s catchphrases...
- The works often delve into the lives of the quirky, the eccentric, and the just plain daffy with comic precision and a certain amount of heartwarming pathos.
- The site missed the news that the distinctively daffy television presenter has been named the top British secret fantasy figure.
- This account of seemingly genuine claimants, reckless pretenders, daffy charlatans and patently mad pretenders to the French crown is the stuff of high farce.
Derivatives
daffiness
- I daren't mention my fears to the Other Half, because whatever charm my daffiness may have held in the early days of our romance, the gilt has definitely worn off the gingerbread since then.
- The film's celebration of sheer human daffiness never descends into whimsy.
- Hoping to successfully merge daffiness with doctrine, it has a lot to say about censorship and self-righteousness.
daffily
Origin
Late 19th century: from northern English dialect daff 'simpleton' + -y1; perhaps related to daft.