noun
- a foolish or stupid person
Usage: informal; chiefly Irish English; sometimes considered mildly offensive
Examples
- He made a complete eejit of himself at the party.
- Don't be such an eejit—that's obviously not how you do it.
- I felt like an eejit when I realized I'd been wearing my shirt inside out all day.
- Only an eejit would try to fix the car without reading the manual first.
- She called him an eejit for forgetting their anniversary.