eejit

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

eedjit, eegit, eejut, ijjit, ijut

Etymology[edit]

Hiberno-English and Scottish English pronunciation of idiot.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

enPR: ēʹjĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈiːd͡ʒɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Audio (Hiberno-English) (file)
(Ireland) IPA^(key): [ˈiːd͡ʒɪθ͇]
(Mid-Ulster English) IPA^(key): /ˈiːd͡ʒɛ̈t/, /ˈiːd͡ʒɜt/, /ˈiːd͡ʒət/

Noun[edit]

eejit (plural eejits)

(Ireland, Scotland, Mid-Ulster, derogatory) An idiot; a fool; an imbecile.

Translations[edit]

idiot, fool

German: Trottel (de) m, Blödmann (de) m, Idiot (de) m
Japanese: 馬鹿 (ja) (ばか, baka), 阿呆 (ja) (あほ, aho)

References[edit]

^ “eejit”, in OxfordDictionaries.com‎^[1], Oxford University Press, 2013 September 20 (last accessed), archived from the original on 14 June 2013

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