gelekhter

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Definitions

  • n. Laughter; laughing; a laugh.

  • adj. Something laughable, ridiculous.

Example Sentences

  • "this notion that some other roshei yeshivois (including according to his claim tzukerman, or some others that were floated around, were not good enough, but pikarsky was, is a gelechter, and bochurim were making fun of him (or more his derech halimud) from day one." (source)

  • "what a gelechter!" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • געלעכטער gelekhter

      • 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

      gelechter

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