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Diligent; persistentDiligent; persistent.

/ˈaɪdənt/

Meaning

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(Northern England, Scotland)Diligent; persistent.

Origin

From a later form of ithand, itself an alteration (due to assimilation to suffix -and) of

From a later form of ithand, itself an alteration (due to assimilation to suffix -and) of Middle English ithen, from Old Norse iðinn (“assiduous, diligent”), from iðja, iðna (“to do, perform”), from ið (“a restless motion”), equivalent to ithe + -and and/or ithe + -en. Cognate with Icelandic iðinn (“diligent”), Norwegian idig (“busy”), Danish id (“pursuit, calling, business”). More at ithand.

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