This week’s theme
Words borrowed from Yiddish

This week’s words
schemozzle
punim
mishpocha
ooftish
narrischkeit

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(mish-PAW-khuh, -POOKH-uh)

MEANING:

noun: An extended family or clan.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Yiddish mishpokhe (family), from Hebrew mishpakha (family). Earliest documented use: 1859.

USAGE:

“Was I invited to family dinner because Tatiana considered me mishpocha?”
Deborah Wilde; Ace of Shades; Te Da Media; 2022.

See more usage examples of mishpocha in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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