shemevdik
Definitions
adj. Shy, bashful.
Example Sentences
"Then there's Leo, the shemevdik one whom Max entreats to join him in a scheme to defraud geriatric investors by producing the world's worst musical, Springtime for Hitler (still the funniest three-word phrase Mel Brooks ever put on paper, screen or stage)." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
שעמע(װ)דיק sheme(v)dik
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
shemevdick, shemedik
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