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noun 
  1. (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.
Etymology: An Irish word that appears in English literature and political speech.

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