Definition of Daftness

1. Noun. Informal terms for insanity.

Exact synonyms: Craziness, Flakiness
Generic synonyms: Insanity
Derivative terms: Crazy, Daft, Flakey, Flaky

Definition of Daftness

1. n. The quality of being daft.

Definition of Daftness

1. Noun. Property of being daft. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Daftness

1. the quality of being daft [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Daftness

daffodowndilly
daffs
daffy
daffynition
daffynitions
dafs
daft
daft as a brush
daftar
daftars
dafter
daftest
daftie
dafties
daftly
daftness (current term)
daftnesses
dafty
dag
dagaba
dagabas
dagame
dagesh
dagesh forte
dagesh lene
dageshes
dagestan
dagga
daggas
dagged

Literary usage of Daftness

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

1. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"daftness, imbecility ; dullness of apprehension. Also, drollery. ... o' your daftness,' no more of your jokes. Dag, or Deg, to sprinkle or moisten. ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"I dinna ken what course to steer, Sure never breath'd the breeze o' heaven ; О there's a soul beams in her ее, I'm sae to dool an' daftness driven, ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"Scott and Byron, lame; Cowper and Collins, mad; Coleridge had mannering fits of dreary daftness; and having thus recounted his lazar-book of diseases, ..."

4. The Aftermath of Slavery: A Study of the Condition and Environment of the by William Albert Sinclair (1905)
"In 1884 Mr. Cleveland saved it from " daftness." In 1894, in the midst of President Cleveland's second administration, it broke loose from all restraint, ..."

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