eejit
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- noun
- Offensive
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idiota
- You could probably say I'm an eejit too.
- a drunken eejit
- look like an eejit
- a fuckin' eejit
Examples
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We'd look a right shower of eejits if we missed that.
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You've made a laughing stock of every beggar on Inishmaan; all thought you'd gone and croaked it, like eejits, me included.
Fiction book (1997) -
No doubt thrown away by some eejit that had no time for the working man.
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Why would you give up a good career like that to chase your brother around like an eejit?
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Oh, so you're gonna be an eejit again today, is it?
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I was being a feckin' eejit.
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"You'll look like an eejit in cashmere," he warned.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Eejits," Siobhan said, as if she were commenting on the behavior of some other drunk and foolish couple.
Fiction book (1998) -
Don't be such a eejit; it's common sense to check your work before submitting it.
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Everyone laughed when he tripped over the cord like a complete eejit.
Synonyms
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A rude word for someone who does something very stupid
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A person who is foolish and makes silly mistakes
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A person who is silly and not thinking clearly
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A man who is ordinary and not very smart
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A person who is not very smart
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Someone who behaves in a silly or foolish way
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A rude word for a person who is very stupid
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A person who acts silly or clumsy and makes others laugh
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A person who is silly or clumsy, often used in Ireland
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A silly or foolish person used as an Australian insult
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A foolish or silly person used as an insult
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A person who behaves in a foolish way
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An old word for a foolish or silly person
A foolish person who does silly things
A foolish person who makes simple mistakes
A person who acts in a silly, foolish way
A person who acts silly or foolish
A person who does silly or odd things
A foolish or awkward person
A person who is not very smart
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
Antonyms
Idioms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Eejit comes from the common word idiot, which people in Ireland and Scotland often say like 'ee-jit', so it means 'a foolish person' and you can use it to call someone silly.