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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

doo•fus¹ n., pl. -fus•es.

Informal Terms[Slang.]a foolish or inept person.

Also dufus.

1960–65,[American.]; probably alteration of earliergoofusin same sense; compare goof

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