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Daffy

proper nounattested in dialogue

A diminutive of the female given name Daphne.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A diminutive of the female given name Daphne.

    The name Daffy stuck, and to make it worse, Tony added "Duck" as an afterthought. For weeks, he led all the other kids in a chorus of quacks whenever Daphne appeared, but she ignored them.

  2. 2

    A diminutive of the female given name Daffodil.

    "Call me Daffy," Daffodil interrupted with a demure smile.

  3. 3

    A surname from Welsh, derived from the Welsh equivalent of David.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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