Definitions

  • adj. Lively, active, vivacious.

Example Sentences

  • "He's been playing sports ever since he was little; he's always been a rirevdik kid."

Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • רירעװדיק rirevdik

    • 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).

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