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Definition of eident in English: eidentadjective ˈʌɪd(ə)nt Northern Irish, Scottish Diligent; industrious. a gifted and eident pupil Example sentencesExamples - She was always an eident, working woman.
- Sarah has been an incisive critic of my work, an unequalled friend in moments of self-doubt, and an eident copy-editor.
- In they went in the Saturday crush, full of soldiers, bairns, folk from the country, and an eident wife with a big shopping bag buying up tins of plums.
- The bumble bee or the blue-bottle can't compare to the eident honey bees going about their day with no fuss.
- The same officer leant an eident ear to a pipe band playing in the square.
- He was presumably an eident laddie at his job and was put in charge.
Origin Early 16th century: Scots variant of obsolete ithand from Old Norse iðinn 'assiduous, diligent'. |