Daft and Fool

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Daft adjective - Showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment.

Usage example: a daft plan, doomed to wretched failure and merciless ridicule

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Fool and daft are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fool" instead the word "Daft" as an adjective or a noun.

Fool adjective - Showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment.

Usage example: he's always got some fool plan or other

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Daft and fool are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Daft" instead an adjective "Fool".

Also there's Gaston's loyal sidekick Lefounote whose name happens to mean "the daft," "the crazy", "the demented" or "the fool".

Source: Disney / Beauty and the Beast
Lefou even means "the daft," "the crazy", "the demented" or "the fool".

Source: Butt Monkey / Animated Films
Because of her prophetic ability, he is detected by her, leading to a Brick Joke; in the first account the book gives of her burning at the stake, it says that her last act was to look up at the sky and say "That goes for you as well, you daft old fool," and it's implied that she's talking to God.

Source: Dreaming of Times Gone By

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