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Definition of Daftness
1. Noun. Informal terms for insanity.
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
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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