eejit
9.9
Behaving in a foolish or careless way
- adjective
- Offensive
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idiota
- She called her brother an eejit for trying to fix the computer without any experience.
Examples
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He felt like an eejit after forgetting his keys for the third time this week.
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Don't be such an eejit and check the weather before leaving the house.
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Don't be such an eejit!
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He's acting like a complete eejit today.
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He felt like an eejit after forgetting his keys for the third time this week.
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Don't be such an eejit and check the weather before leaving the house.
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She called her brother an eejit for trying to fix the computer without any experience.
Antonyms
Idioms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
eejit positive
Etymology
Eejit comes from the common word idiot, said like 'ee-jit' in Irish and Scottish speech; as an adjective it means 'foolish', so saying someone is eejit describes how they act.