Meanings
adjectiveeident (comparative more eident, superlative most eident)
comparative more eident · superlative most eident
- IrelandScotlandBusy, 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
Origin
- Scotseident
- Englisheident
From Scots eident, Scottish form of ithand.
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APA
eident. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eident
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“eident.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eident. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eident,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eident.
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