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English
Etymology
Hiberno-English and Scottish English pronunciation of idiot.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
eejit (plural eejits)
- (Ireland, Scotland, Mid-Ulster, derogatory) An idiot; a fool; an imbecile.
Translations
idiot, fool
- German: Trottel (de) m, Blödmann (de) m, Idiot (de) m
- Irish: amadán m, liúdramán m, leibide f, dúramán m, bómán m, óinseach f
- Japanese: 馬鹿 (ja) (ばか, baka), 阿呆 (ja) (あほ, aho)
- Spanish: idiota (es)
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References
- ^ “eejit”, in OxfordDictionaries.com, Oxford University Press, 2013 September 20 (last accessed), archived from the original on 14 June 2013