doofus

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person. derogatory,humorous,slang
    — Stocks Genius or Dot-Com Doofus? – Wired News

词形变化

doofuses plural doofi plural dufus alternative

词源

Perhaps an alteration of earlier goofus (first attested in the 1920s), due to influence from Scots doof (“simpleton”). Scots doof is derived from Low German doof (“deaf", with a secondary sense of "idiotic, stupid”). The Low German word is cognate with English deaf.
Some have proposed that perhaps dupe played some kind of role in the development of doofus as well.
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