lebediker

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Definitions

  • n. A lively person.

  • adj. More lively.

Example Sentences

  • "He brought a new chayus into the yeshiva, and he would often walk among the tables encouraging the bochurim in their learning, calling out, 'Lebediker! Lebediker!'" (source)

  • "He's such a lebediker; everyone smiles when he enters the room."

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • לעבעדיקער lebediker

      • 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

      leybediker, laybediker, leibediker, laibediker

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