From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Daft \Daft\ (d[.a]ft), a. [OE. daft, deft, deft, stupid; prob.
the same word as E. deft. See {Deft}.]
1. Stupid; foolish; idiotic; also, delirious; insane; as, he
has gone daft.
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Let us think no more of this daft business --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. Gay; playful; frolicsome. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
daft
adj 1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used
to drive my husband balmy" [syn: {balmy}, {barmy},
{bats}, {batty}, {bonkers}, {buggy}, {cracked},
{crackers}, {daft}, {dotty}, {fruity}, {haywire},
{kooky}, {kookie}, {loco}, {loony}, {loopy}, {nuts},
{nutty}, {round the bend}, {around the bend}, {wacky},
{whacky}]
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