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What does "scattergood" mean?

a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.

a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.

a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.

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Words nearby EI

ehrlichiosis, Ehrlich's inner body, EHS, EHV, EHz, EI, EIA, EIB, Eichendorff, Eichler, Eichmann

Definition for EI (2 of 2)

E.I.

East Indian.

East Indies.

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Example sentences from the Web for EI

Well, the joke was, I discovered finally, that A sounds like ei in Yiddish.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview|Alex Belth|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the next three months the child manifested his satisfaction in any object by the independent sound ei, ei.
The Mind of the Child, Part II|W. Preyer
Because they be the double of Triangles, by the 12 e, of first figures: As ae, and ei.
The Way To Geometry|Peter Ramus
Servius, ‘Tunc ei proposuit Pollio ut carmen bucolicum scriberet, quod eum constat triennio scripsisse et emendasse.’
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors|George Middleton

After our prisoner had had his hunger appeased with the “Ei,” he seemed content to die, for that is just what he did.
The Black Watch|Scout Joe Cassells
Oonly hire out dwelle wi hem stable at wepi and bywaili e monstruous chaungynge at ei suffren.
Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae'|Geoffrey Chaucer

British Dictionary definitions for EI

abbreviation for

East Indian

East Indies

social psychol emotional intelligence

(in Canada) Employment Insurance: a regular payment to a person who is out of work, funded by contributions from workers and employers

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Medical definitions for EI

abbr.

early intervention

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