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eident

UK/ˈʌɪdənt/

eident adjective: busy, industrious, diligent.

Adjective

eident (comparative more eident, superlative most eident)

  1. (Ireland, Scotland) Busy, industrious, diligent.
    • far off through the hedges some eident body was at work with a lawn-mower, clinkle-clankle, a bairn was wailing in a bairn's unease as Chris dug and raked […]1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 553

Forms of eident

comparativemore eident
superlativemost eident

Origin of eident

From Scots eident, Scottish form of ithand.

Words formed from eident

Questions about eident

What does eident mean?
Eident means busy, industrious, diligent.
What part of speech is eident?
Eident is an adjective.
How do you pronounce eident?
Eident is pronounced /ˈʌɪdənt/ (UK).

Words near eident in the dictionary

  1. Eid'l Fitr
  2. EIDE
  3. Eidelstein
  4. Eidem
  5. Eidems
  6. eident
  7. eidently
  8. eider
  9. eider down
  10. eider duck
  11. eider geese

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