pritse

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Pronunciations

pritse (PRIH-tseh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. An immodest woman.

  • n. A woman or girl who acts spoiled or entitled.

Example Sentences

  • "Some people would say that a married woman who doesn't cover her hair is a pritse."

  • "it is horrific for grown men to chant pritsa and shiksa to these girls" (source)

  • "You're too good to clean your room, pritse?"

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y פּריצטע pritste 'landowner's wife'

      • Who Uses This

      • 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

      pritsa, pritze, pritza, pritskeh, pritske

Notes

  • The original meaning was 'a fine lady'. Now it is generally used derogatorily to suggest that one thinks of herself as a "fine lady" but really is not.

    The male equivalent is porets.

    plural: 'pritsim'

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