eppes
Pronunciations
eppes | (EHP-ihs) | listen |
Definitions
adv. Somewhat, quite.
pro. Someone, something.
adj. Debatable, unsatisfactory.
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Example Sentences
As in "something": “Eat epes.” (NJY)
As in "for some reason": “Epes I’m not hungry.” (NJY)
As in "quite": “She served epes a meal!” (NJY)
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Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
עפּעס epes
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- 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).
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Alternative Spellings
epes, epis, eppis
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