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dufus

dufus is the alternative form of doofus.

Meaning of doofus

Noun

doofus (plural doofuses or doofi)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, slang, sometimes affectionately) A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.
    • Stocks Genius or Dot-Com Doofus? – Wired News

Forms of dufus

pluraldufuses

Questions about dufus

What is dufus the alternative form of?
Dufus is the alternative form of doofus.

Words near dufus in the dictionary

  1. duftite
  2. Dufton
  3. Duftons
  4. Dufty
  5. Duftys
  6. dufus
  7. dufuses
  8. dug
  9. dug around
  10. dug deep
  11. dug for victory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dufus (page history and authors); doofus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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