eejit

English

Alternative forms

• eedjit, eegit, eejut, ijjit, ijut

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: ēʹjĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈiːd͡ʒɪt/

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• (Ireland) IPA^(key): [ˈiːd͡ʒɪθ͇]
• (Mid-Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiːd͡ʒɛ̈t/, /ˈiːd͡ʒɜt/, /ˈiːd͡ʒət/

Noun

eejit (plural eejits)

1. (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)

References

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