tsekrochen

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Pronunciations

tsekrochen (tse-KROCH-en) listen

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Definitions

  • adj. Slovenly, feeble; usually due to minor illness or a night of excess.

  • adj. Uncouth, ungainly.

Example Sentences

  • "Not sure I'm going to into work today. Feeling a bit tsekrochen after last night."

  • "It was very tsukrokhn of him."

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • צעקראָכן tsekrókhn 'worn out, gone to pieces; slovenly; weak, meek'

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      tsekrokhen, tsekrokhn, sekrochen, serkrokhen, tzekrokhn, tzekrochen, tsukrokhen, tsukrochen, tsukrochn, tzukrokhn, tzukrokhen, tzukrochn, tzukrochen, tsukrokhn

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