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单词 kvetch
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kvetchn.

Brit. /kvɛtʃ/, U.S. /kvɛtʃ/, /kəˈvɛtʃ/
Forms: 1900s quevetch, 1900s– kvetch, 1900s– kvetsch, 1900s– kvetsh.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: kvetch v.
Etymology: Apparently < kvetch v. (although that is first attested later).
North American colloquial (originally and chiefly in Jewish usage).
1. A detestable or unpleasant person; esp. a person who criticizes or complains a great deal.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic > captious
plucker-atc1500
pick-fault1544
pick mote1549
trip-taker1556
mome1563
Momus1563
Zoilus1565
find-fault1567
caviller1574
carper1579
sheep-biter?1589
Zoilist1594
momist1597
word-catcher1659
knocker1898
crabber1909
kvetch1936
tearer-downer1942
nitpicker1951
kvetcher1968
1936 D. Fuchs Homage to Blenholt viii. 223 See, everyone laughed at me. I was a schlemiel, a fool, a nut, a quevetch.
1964 S. Bellow Herzog (1965) 61 She's got a disgusting father and a kvetsch of a mother.
1964 W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) xi. 187 There was Ozzie Waldman, Ozzie the kvetch. For his favor you could die. He gave away nothing.
1987 P. Crowther in S. J. Perelman Don't tread on Me p. xxi He wasn't a kvetch, as I knew him; his crotchets were comic, and while he was certainly capable of real rage, he could also feign an antic apoplexy.
2008 Times 25 Apr. (Times2 section) 11/5 What I belatedly realise I should have asked is when he made the artistic choice to be a kvetch off-stage, or if ill-health made the decision for him.
2. A complaint.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint
plainta1275
groinc1374
complaintc1385
murmura1393
grutchc1460
plainc1475
yammer?a1513
puling?1529
objecting1552
obmurmuration1571
regratea1586
repine1593
grumblinga1616
grumble1623
dissatisfactionc1640
obmurmuring1642
rumbling1842
natter1866
grouch1895
beef1900
holler1901
squawk1909
moan1911
yip1911
grouse1918
gripe1934
crib1943
bitch1945
drip1945
kvetch1957
1957 W. Hoffman Those were Days 248 He shook the grates, adjusted the damper and with a ‘kvetch’ for each shovel of coal, filled the fiery maw of the stove.
2019 @jenlooper 5 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 2 May 2019) Car designers, I have a kvetch. Please can someone make a purse-friendly interior?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

kvetchv.

Brit. /kvɛtʃ/, U.S. /kvɛtʃ/, /kəˈvɛtʃ/
Forms: 1900s– kvetch, 1900s– kvetsch, 1900s– kvetsh, 1900s– qvetch (rare).
Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish kvetshen.
Etymology: < Yiddish kvetshen to talk about something at great length and (often) in an annoying manner, semantic development (perhaps reflecting an extended use along the lines of ‘to squeeze the last drop out of (something)’) of kvetshen to pinch, to squeeze, to press < Middle High German quetschen to crush, to bruise, to squeeze (see quest v.2). Earlier currency is probably implied by kvetch n.
North American colloquial (originally in Jewish usage).
intransitive. To criticize or complain a great deal. Frequently with about.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > captiously
upbraidc1290
bite1330
to gnap at1533
carp1550
cavil1581
carp1587
to pick at ——1603
to pick a hole (also holes) in1614
yark1621
vellicate1633
to peck at1641
snob1654
ploat1757
to get at ——1803
crab1819
to pick up1846
knock1892
snark1904
kvetchc1950
to pick nits1978
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]
murkeOE
misspeakOE
yomer971
chidea1000
murkenOE
grutch?c1225
mean?a1300
hum13..
plainta1325
gruntc1325
plainc1325
musea1382
murmurc1390
complain1393
contrary1393
flitec1400
pinea1425
grummec1430
aggrudge1440
hoinec1440
mutterc1450
grudge1461
channerc1480
grunch1487
repine1529
storm?1553
expostulate1561
grumblea1586
gruntle1591
chunter1599
swagger1599
maunder1622
orp1634
objurgate1642
pitter1672
yelp1706
yammer1794
natter1804
murgeon1808
groan1816
squawk1875
jower1879
grouse1887
beef1888
to whip the cat1892
holler1904
yip1907
peeve1912
grouch1916
nark1916
to sound off1918
create1919
moana1922
crib1925
tick1925
bitch1930
gripe1932
bind1942
drip1942
kvetchc1950
to rag on1979
wrinch2011
c1950 Wisconsin Eng. Lang. Surv. Suppl. in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 262/1 Kvetch, to complain.
1952 N. Mailer Let. 2 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (2014) 124 I limp and qvetch and people say, what a poor gimp, so young.
1971 Harper's Mag. Feb. 111 After listening to Kashouk kvetch for a couple of hours, Sol Hurok..put the question direct... ‘If you always lose so much money, why do you stay in business?’
2004 Out Apr. 89/2 Harris was almost 50, bitterly single, forever kvetching about how lonely he was.
2015 Jrnl. Abraham Lincoln Assoc. 36 71 Is it niggling to kvetch about such points from a dying scholar?

Derivatives

ˈkvetcher n. = kvetch n. 1.
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1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 200 What a congenital kvetcher!
1970 S. Ellin Man from Nowhere xix. 94 A bagger [i.e. investigator] should not dress so conspicuous that even these old kvetchers around here turn and look.
2017 Calgary Sun (Nexis) 17July a42 If she's just the office kvetcher and comfy with that, then let her be her and choose your interactions on your terms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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