yontifdik

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Pronunciations

yontifdik (YUHN-tif-dihk) listen

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Definitions

  • adj. Festive, celebratory.

Example Sentences

  • “I felt all yontifdik that day.” (NJY)

  • "Soon all the youth had assumed a general yontifdik appearance, had greeted all the guests, eaten, drunk, sung and danced until late at night." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • יום־טובֿדיק yontevdik

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • 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).

      Alternative Spellings

      yontefdik, yontifdick, yontefdick, yontevdik, yontevdick, yontifdig, yontefdig, yontevdig

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