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

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
Japanese: 馬鹿 (ja) (ばか, baka), 阿呆 (ja) (あほ, aho)

References

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

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