nunt

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Definitions

  • adj. Intimate, close.

Example Sentences

  • “That bochur is very nunt with the one uncle who always sends him money.” (Weiser)

  • "There was a huge scandal when Paysach Krohn portrayed Brenner in one of his Maggot, I mean Maggid books, as a tzaddik who was nunt with gedolim." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • נאָענט noent

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      nunte

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