daftest

Adjective

daft (comparative dafter, superlative daftest)

1. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid.
   • a daft idea

   Synonyms:

   asinine, balmy, barmy, bedaft, loony, derpy, dim-headed, dim-witted, dopey, dull-headed

2. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, informal) Crazy, insane, mad.
   • "Ow, he is just a wood harum-scarum creature, that wad never take to his studies;—daft, sir, clean daft." / […] / "[W]owff—a wee bit by the East-Nook or sae; it's a common case—the ae half of the warld thinks t'other daft. I have met with folks in my day, that thought I was daft mysell;[…]" / "I...1824 June, [Walter Scott], “Darsie Latimer’s Journal, in Continuation. Sheet 2.”, in Redgauntlet, […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London...

   Synonyms:

   5150, bananas, barking, barking mad, buggish, buggy, bughouse, barmy, batchy, batpoop

3. (obsolete) Gentle, meek, mild.
   • There's mirth in the barn and the ha', the ha', / There's mirth in the barn and the ha': / There's quaffing and laughing, / And dancing and daffing; / And our young bride's daftest of a', of a', / And our young bride's daftest of a'.1825, “Who’s at My Window”, in Allan Cunningham, compiler, The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern; […] In Four Volumes, volume III, London: Printed for John Taylor, […], →OCLC, page 334