Aug. 9th, 2007

nebbish

Aug. 9th, 2007 07:25 am
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nebbish - n., a timid, luckless person.


Strong connotations of pitiable. From Yiddish nebekh, poor, unfortunate, from Slavic roots.

---L.
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