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nebbish — noun Etymology: Yiddish nebekh poor, unfortunate, from Czech nebohý Date: 1951 a timid, meek, or ineffectual person • nebbishy adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
List of English words of Yiddish origin — For Yiddish words used by English speaking Jews (that are not necessarily English), see Yiddish words used by English speaking Jews. This is a list of English words of Yiddish origin, many of which have entered the English language by way of… … Wikipedia
nebbish — nebbishy, adj. /neb ish/, n. Slang. a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person. [1890 95; < Yiddish nebekh poor, unfortunate, prob. < Slavic; cf. Czech nebohý poor; sp. with sh perh. < Western Yiddish forms of the word] * * * … Universalium
nebbish — n a fool, an ineffectual, clumsy or pathetic person. The word entered Eng lish speech from Yiddish in which one of its meanings is a pitiful nonentity or loser . The ultimate origin of the word is the Czech adjective nebohy, meaning unhappy,… … Contemporary slang
nebesh — n a fool, an ineffectual, clumsy or pathetic person. The word entered Eng lish speech from Yiddish in which one of its meanings is a pitiful nonentity or loser . The ultimate origin of the word is the Czech adjective nebohy, meaning unhappy,… … Contemporary slang
nebech — n a fool, an ineffectual, clumsy or pathetic person. The word entered Eng lish speech from Yiddish in which one of its meanings is a pitiful nonentity or loser . The ultimate origin of the word is the Czech adjective nebohy, meaning unhappy,… … Contemporary slang
nebbish — neb•bish [[t]ˈnɛb ɪʃ[/t]] n. Slang. sts a pitifully ineffectual, inept, and timid person • Etymology: 1890–95; < Yiddish nebekh poor, unfortunate, prob. < Slavic; cf. Czech nebohý poor neb′bish•y, adj … From formal English to slang
