omadhaun

noun /ˈɒmədɔːn/

1. A fool or simpleton; someone out of their senses.

   "Av haith!" sez Tom, burstin' out laughin'. "Shure you don't take me to be sich an omedhaun as to b'lieve that?" "Do as ye plase," sez he, "but what I tell ye is the raal thruth."

Where it comes from

From Irish amadán, introduced into English via literature and political speech.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry omadhaun (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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