Definition of Daffy

1. Proper noun. (given name female diminutive=Daphne) ''or Daffodil.'' ¹

2. Proper noun. (surname from=Welsh dot=, derived from the Welsh equivalent of David.) ¹

3. Adjective. a little crazy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Daffy

1. silly [adj -FIER, -FIEST] : DAFFILY [adv] - See also: silly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Daffy

daffies
daffiest
daffily
daffiness
daffinesses
daffing
daffings
daffish
daffock
daffodil
daffodil garlic
daffodils
daffodowndillies
daffodowndilly
daffs
daffy (current term)
daffynition
daffynitions
dafs
daft
daft as a brush
daftar
daftars
dafter
daftest
daftie
dafties
daftly
daftness
daftnesses

Literary usage of Daffy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poems by Grades: Containing Poems Selected for Each Grade of the School by Charles Benajah Gilbert (1907)
"daffy-Down-Dilly had heard under ground The sweet rushing sound Of the streams, as they burst off their white winter chains; Of the whistling spring winds, ..."

2. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by Ernest Clark Hartwell (1921)
"But while daffy-Down- Dilly was yet a little boy, his mother put him under s the care of a very strict schoolmaster who went by the name of Mr. Toil. ..."

3. The Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for Children by Nora Archibald Smith (1903)
"daffy-Down-Ditty daffy-down-dilly Came up in the cold, Through the brown mould, ... daffy-down-dilly Had heard under ground, The sweet rushing sound Of the ..."

4. Child Classics: The Fifth Reader by Georgia Alexander (1909)
"daffy-DOWN-DILLY By Anna B. ... Through the brown mold, Although the March breezes blew keen on he ,r daffy ..."

5. The Golden Ladder Book: A School Reader by Elias Hershey Sneath, George Hodges, Edward Lawrence Stevens (1913)
"daffy-DOWN-DILLY came up in the cold, Through the brown mold, Although the March breezes blew keen on her face, Although the white snow lay on many a place. ..."

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