tsemisht

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Pronunciations

tsemisht (tsi-MISHT) listen

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Definitions

  • adj. Mixed-up, confused.

Example Sentences

  • "My bobeh spoke it beautifully; but me, I am tsemisht."

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • צעמישט tsemisht

      • 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

      tsimisht, tsemished, tsimished, tsumisht, tzumisht

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