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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

daft †mild, meek XIII; stupid XIV; crazy XVI. ME. daffte, repr. OE. ġedæfte mild, gentle, meek :- Gmc. *ʒaðaftjaz, f. *ʒaðafti, f. stem *dab- of Goth. gadaban become, be fit (cf. OE. ġedæftlīċe fitly, suitably, ġedæftan make fit. prepare). The transition to the sense ‘stupid’ may have been assisted by ME. †daff (of unkn. orig.) simpleton, fool. See DEFT.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

daft / daft/ • adj. inf., silly; foolish. ∎ crazy. ∎ (daft about) infatuated with: we were all daft about him.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

daft •Taft •abaft, aft, craft, daft, draft, draught, engraft, graft, haft, kraft, raft, shaft, understaffed, unstaffed, waft •backdraft • handcraft • aircraft •stagecraft • spacecraft • statecraft •needlecraft • priestcraft • witchcraft •kingcraft • handicraft • woodcraft •Wollstonecraft • bushcraft •watercraft • hovercraft • crankshaft •camshaft • layshaft • driveshaft •turboshaft • countershaft •bereft, cleft, deft, eft, heft, klepht, left, reft, theft, weft •adrift, drift, gift, grift, lift, rift, shift, shrift, sift, squiffed, swift, thrift, uplift •airlift, chairlift, stairlift •facelift • skilift • shoplift • Festschrift •spendthrift • spindrift • snowdrift •makeshift • downshift • upshift •aloft, croft, loft, oft, soft, toft •hayloft • Ashcroft • Cockcroft •undercroft • Lowestoft •tuft, unstuffed •Delft

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