ekldik

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Definitions

  • adj. Disgusting.

Example Sentences

  • "He asks me if I saw the CNN interview, the evening previous, with Jessica Leeds, who said Trump assaulted her on an airplane decades ago. 'What do you think? Credible? Credible!' he answers before I have a chance to reply. 'We have a word in Jewish,' he said, meaning Yiddish. 'Ekldik,' disgusting." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • עקלדיק ekldik

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      ekldick, ekkeldik, ekkeldick, eckeldick, eckeldik

Notes

  • See also ekl.

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