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leithleach.

selfish, egocentric, egotistical

10 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. selfish, egocentric, egotistical

  2. several (capable of being treated separately)

    i gcomhpháirt agus go leithleach
  3. peculiar (not shared or possessed by others)

  4. distinct (different from one another), apart

  5. standoffish

Where this word comes from

As an adjective, apparently a back-formation from leithleachas (“separation”), from a noun *leithleach attested only in the dative in Classical Gaelic ag leithligh, do leithligh and modern Irish ar leithligh (“apart, aside”), from leath (“side”).

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