farfoylt

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Definitions

  • adj. Rotten, decayed.

Example Sentences

  • “The rungs for all I know are shoyn farfoylt. Nu? they’re rotten already. The nimble can still ascend, but they break from under your weight every rung, which it means you can’t come back again down....” (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • פֿאַרפֿױלט farfoylt

      • 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

      farfoilt

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