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From mì-dhòigh (“want of method; awkwardness; absurdity”) + -eil (adjectival suffix).
mì-dhòigheil
- awkward, unmethodical
- ill-tempered
- absurd
- disorderly, disorganized
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “mì-dhòigheil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN