mieskeit

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Pronunciations

mieskeit (MEE-iss-kite) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Ugliness.

  • n. Someone or something ugly.

Example Sentences

  • "She is such a mieskeit."

  • "It’s not your fault that you’re a mieskeit, so don’t blame yourself." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • מיאוסקײט míeskayt, from מיאוס míes 'ugly' (Heb מיאוס meús 'revulsion')

      • Who Uses This

      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
      • Ethnic: Jews whose Jewish identity is primarily ethnic

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

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

      Alternative Spellings

      mieskayt, meeskeit, messkayt, miskeit, miskayt, miskite, meeskite, meeskait, meeskeit, meeskayt

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