omadhaun

/ ˈɒmədɑːn /

noun

C19: from Irish Gaelic amadán

Why, don't ye see, ye omadhaun, didn't that same mimber av the family wurrk on Sixty-second Street?

Why, to lave me stuck here like a post, and to go off wid that omadhaun Pether.

And what was it the omadhaun did, but challenge the whole box and dice of the fairies to beat him at playing the pipes.

No gang of men ever picked me for an omadhaun in the morning but found out they were mistaken before night.

Dont ye say, the omadhaun sthripped it off so that he could swim better.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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