pust

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Definitions

  • adj. Empty.

  • adj. Forsaken.

  • adj. Vain.

Example Sentences

  • "If girls and Bochurim were not so 'pust' they would think of other things except their image and how they attract attention." (source)

  • "There’s this new 'chassidic' actually pure goyish, grub, pust and prost, wild disco trance to the holy words of the Zemer written by the holy R. Aharon Hagadol, of Karlin." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • פּוסט pust

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
      • 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).

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