eident

English

Etymology

From Scots eident, Scottish form of ithand.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɪdənt/

Adjective

eident (comparative more eident, superlative most eident)

1. (Scotland, Ireland) Busy, industrious, diligent.
   • 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 553:

     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 […]

Derived terms

• eidently

Anagrams

• endite, tendie