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  • 21Daft — My Dad used to call me a daft apeth which is short for a daft half penny (in old money). It basically means stupid …

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  • 22daft — adjective 1) a daft idea Syn: absurd, preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, farcical, laughable; idiotic, stupid, foolish, silly, inane, fatuous, harebrained, cockamamie, half baked, crazy, cockeyed …

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  • 23daft — [[t]dæft, dɑft[/t]] adj., er, est. 1) foolish 2) insane; crazy; mad 3) scot. Scot. playful • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME dafte uncouth, awkward; earlier, gentle, meek, OE dæfte daft′ly, adv. daft′ness, n …

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  • 24daft — [13] Daft was not always a term of reproach. It originally meant ‘mild, gentle’, and only in late Middle English slid to ‘stupid’ (in a semantic decline perhaps paralleling that of silly, which started off as ‘happy, blessed’). Middle English… …

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  • 25daft — daftly, adv. daftness, n. /daft, dahft/, adj., dafter, daftest. 1. senseless, stupid, or foolish. 2. insane; crazy. 3. Scot. merry; playful; frolicsome. [bef. 1000; ME dafte uncouth, awkward; earlier, gentle, meek, OE daefte; cf. DEFT] * * * …

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  • 26daft — adjective Brit. informal 1》 silly; foolish. 2》 (daft about) infatuated with. Derivatives daftly adverb daftness noun Origin OE gedæfte mild, meek , of Gmc origin …

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  • 27daft — [dɑːft] adj British informal not sensible or reasonable I think it s a daft idea.[/ex] …

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  • 28Daft Punk — performing at Wireless Festival 2007. From left: Thomas Bangalter, Guy Manuel de Homem Christo Background information Origin Paris, Île de France …

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  • 29Daft Punk — au Wireless festival en 2007. Pays d’origine …

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  • 30Daft punk — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Daft. Daft Punk Daft …

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