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daffy adjective odd, eccentric, silly UK, 1884 The original meaning of “slightly mad” has softened over the years.- [T]he whole thing was making a young girl who wasn’t too bright to begin with into some kind of a daffy basket case. — George V. Higgins, The Rat on Fire, p. 149, 1981
- Before Lynn could get into his Rambler, Nelson showed him that daffy grin and said, “If we get him, I hope you’ll put in a good word for me with your ex-captain.” — Joseph Wambaugh, Fugitive Nights, p. 103, 1992
- Tuesday, 20 April [1993] [Lord James Douglas-Hamilton] can’t be as bumbly and daffy as he pretends to be. — Gyles Brandreth, Breaking the Code, p. 172, 1999
- [Jane Birkin] somehow combines the auras of an implausibly sophisticated and svelte grande dame and a daffy language teacher doing a turn at the end-of-term concert. — The Guardian, 4 March 2003
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