Definitions
a stupid incompetent person
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“Stocks Genius or Dot-Com Doofus? – Wired News”
“Danny is such a doofus!”
“They weren't excited about acquiring new information; they were relieved to find out they aren't the only doofuses (or maybe the word is "doofi") in the world of rusty machinery.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Silly fool”6 letters
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