verklemptadj.

Brit.

/fəˈklɛmt/,

/vəˈklɛmt/, U.S.

/fərˈklɛmt/,

/vərˈklɛmt/

Forms: 1900s– farklempt, 1900s– farklemt, 1900s– ferklempt, 1900s– ferklemt, 1900s– verklemmt, 1900s– verklempt, 1900s– verklemt, 2000s– ferklemmt.

Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish farklempt.

Etymology: < Yiddish farklempt, farklemt, ferklempt overcome with emotion (second half of the 20th cent. or earlier) < German verklemmt (early 19th cent. or earlier with reference to states of the mind, such as anxiety or narrow-mindedness; now usually colloquial and in the specific sense ‘emotionally inhibited, uptight’), specific sense development of verklemmt pinched, squeezed, hemmed in (18th cent. or earlier), use as adjective of past participle of verklemmen to pinch, to squeeze, to shut off (18th cent. or earlier; < ver- for- prefix¹ + klemmen to pinch, to squeeze: see clem v.¹).Forms in ver- show remodelling after German verklemmt.

North American colloquial.

Overwhelmed by emotion.

ΚΠ

1991 Sat. Night Live 12 Oct. (transcribed from TV programme) 17th Ser. Episode 3 Sheila (Kirstie Alley): Excuse me, I'm a little emotional about this right now... Linda Richman (Mike Myers): Listening to your story, I'm a little verklempt myself. Just a little verklempt. Hold on. Talk amongst yourselves.

1992 Daily Herald (Chicago) 28 May v. 3/1 Guess who's feeling a little verklempt these days?

1997 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 31 Oct. (Final ed.) d11 Listening to Sarah Brightman's new album was such an emotional experience for me that I got all verklempt.

2006 E. Albert How this Night is Different 107 The retelling of our emancipation from slavery gets me all farklempt every time.

2015 R. Helms Promposal 105 It's fine... I got a little verklempt myself.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	verklempt
释义	verklemptadj. Brit. /fəˈklɛmt/, /vəˈklɛmt/, U.S. /fərˈklɛmt/, /vərˈklɛmt/ Forms: 1900s– farklempt, 1900s– farklemt, 1900s– ferklempt, 1900s– ferklemt, 1900s– verklemmt, 1900s– verklempt, 1900s– verklemt, 2000s– ferklemmt. Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish farklempt. Etymology: < Yiddish farklempt, farklemt, ferklempt overcome with emotion (second half of the 20th cent. or earlier) < German verklemmt (early 19th cent. or earlier with reference to states of the mind, such as anxiety or narrow-mindedness; now usually colloquial and in the specific sense ‘emotionally inhibited, uptight’), specific sense development of verklemmt pinched, squeezed, hemmed in (18th cent. or earlier), use as adjective of past participle of verklemmen to pinch, to squeeze, to shut off (18th cent. or earlier; < ver- for- prefix¹ + klemmen to pinch, to squeeze: see clem v.¹).Forms in ver- show remodelling after German verklemmt. North American colloquial. Overwhelmed by emotion. ΚΠ 1991 Sat. Night Live 12 Oct. (transcribed from TV programme) 17th Ser. Episode 3 Sheila (Kirstie Alley): Excuse me, I'm a little emotional about this right now... Linda Richman (Mike Myers): Listening to your story, I'm a little verklempt myself. Just a little verklempt. Hold on. Talk amongst yourselves. 1992 Daily Herald (Chicago) 28 May v. 3/1 Guess who's feeling a little verklempt these days? 1997 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 31 Oct. (Final ed.) d11 Listening to Sarah Brightman's new album was such an emotional experience for me that I got all verklempt. 2006 E. Albert How this Night is Different 107 The retelling of our emancipation from slavery gets me all farklempt every time. 2015 R. Helms Promposal 105 It's fine... I got a little verklempt myself. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1991
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