bedaff
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English bedaffen, bidaffen, equivalent to be- + daff.
Verb[edit]
bedaff (third-person singular simple present bedaffs, present participle bedaffing, simple past bedaffed, past participle bedaffed or bedaft)
- (transitive) To befool; make a fool of.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To confound or stupefy.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary[1], volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 216