Etymology

bedaff

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Today it means: To befool; make a fool of. Full definition →

Middle English bedaffen
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombedaffen
  2. English todaybedaff

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.