English
Etymology
An Irish word that appears in English literature and political speech.
Noun
en-noun
- Irish A fool, someone who is out of their senses, simpleton.
#: "No, you omadhaun. It bites your shoulder, rips it right off." --Frank McCourt?, Angela's Ashes, 1996.
#: "...an Omadhaun is a man who began life with some sense, but lost most of it on his journey." --Andrew Barton ‘Banjo’ Paterson, A Story of Outback Life, 1906.
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