oisgearbit

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Definitions

  • adj. Self-possessed.

  • adj. Highly regarded.

Example Sentences

  • “He's so oysgearbit largely because of all the musar he's learned.” (Weiser)

  • “The oisgearbit likut deals with the whole inyan in a very mesudardike oifen.” (Weiser)

  • "But for the sake of Jewish children whose parents are probably not oisgearbet enough there is a better way than petch." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • אױסגעאַרבעט oysgearbet

      • 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

      oysgearbite, oysgearbit, oisgearbite, oisgearbet, oysgearbete, oysgearbet, oisgearbete

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