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Daph

Daph proper noun: a diminutive of the female given name Daphne.

Proper noun

Daph (plural Daphs)

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Daphne.
    • Daph (Shailene Woodley) is, in the words of the song, torn between two lovers. […] But at a party Daph meets two unfeasibly handsome guys who are best friends and totally into her: soulful intellectual Jack (Jamie Dornan) and moody bad boy Frank (Sebastian Stan).2020 August 6, Peter Bradshaw, “Endings, Beginnings review – seriously middling”, in The Guardian

Forms of Daph

pluralDaphs

Origin of Daph

Clipping of Daphne.

Questions about Daph

What does Daph mean?
Daph means a diminutive of the female given name Daphne.
What part of speech is Daph?
Daph is a proper noun.

Words near Daph in the dictionary

  1. dapatical
  2. dapdap
  3. dapdaps
  4. dapediid
  5. dapediids
  6. Daph
  7. daphnandrine
  8. daphnane
  9. daphnanes
  10. daphne
  11. Daphne Major

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