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English word eejit comes from Ancient Greek ἴδιος, and later Latin idiota ((pejorative) idiot.)

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ἴδιος (Ancient Greek)

ἰδιώτης (Ancient Greek)

idiota (Latin)

(pejorative) idiot.

idiot (Old French)

Ignorant; narrow-minded.

idiot (English)

(uncommon) idiotic, stupid (obsolete, medicine, psychology) A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.. (pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.

eejit (English)

(Ireland, Scotland, pejorative) An idiot; a fool; an imbecile.

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