单词 | shidduch |
释义 | shidduchn. A marriage or prospective match according to Jewish custom; spec. a marriage or match arranged by a shadchan (shadchan n.). Such matches are now typically sought or arranged by strictly Orthodox Jews. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > match-making > [noun] > an arranged match shidduch1875 arranged marriage1878 1875 A. Funk tr. I. N. Lichtenberg in Young Israel June 405 ‘What a Shidduch ,’ cried Cuppel contemptuously. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 108 Every match is a grand Shidduch before the marriage; after, we hear another tale. 1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 339 I am considering getting married. But I warn you I'll accept nothing but a remarkable shiddach! 1976 C. Bermant Coming Home i. i. 16 A shidduch was arranged for him and he married the pretty..daughter of a Vitebsk..merchant. 2008 Wall St. Jrnl. 11 July w11/2 The shadchan collects the prospective bride's ‘shidduch résumé’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875 |
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