bedaff

English

Etymology

From Middle English bedaffen, bidaffen, equivalent to be- +‎ daff.

Verb

bedaff (third-person singular simple present bedaffs, present participle bedaffing, simple past bedaffed, past participle bedaffed or bedaft)

1. (transitive) To befool; make a fool of.
2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To confound or stupefy.

Derived terms

• bedaft

References

• Wright, Joseph (1898), The English Dialect Dictionary‎, volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 216

Anagrams

• baffed