leytsanus

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Pronunciations

leytsanus (lay-TZUHN-us) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Silliness; buffoonery.

  • v. ('make letsonus') To make fun.

Example Sentences

  • "That teacher doesn't put up with leytsanus."

  • “Once the boy discovered that everyone was making leitzonus of him for paying so much attention to his homework, he felt he couldn't trust anyone.” (Weiser)

  • "Leitzonus, on the other hand is a destructive force which only wants to destroy good people and their deeds." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • Y לצנות letsones

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      letsanut, leitsanut, leitzanut, letsonus

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