mizinik

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Definitions

  • n. The youngest son.

Example Sentences

  • "I envisioned how happy my parents would be to see me, how much joy my mother would derive from her mizinik, now a full blown yeshiva bocher." (Memories of Two Generations: A Yiddish Life in Russia and Texas by Alexander Z. Gurwitz)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • מיזיניק mizinik

      • 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

      mizzinik, mezinik

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