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单词 mieskeit
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Definition of mieskeit in English:

mieskeit

(also meeskeit, meeskite, mieskayt)
noun ˈmiːskeɪtˈmiːskʌɪt
informal
  • Especially in Jewish usage: an ugly person.

Origin

1960s. From Yiddish mieskeyt ugliness, an ugly person or thing from mies ugly, loathsome (from post-biblical Hebrew mā'ūs loathsome, repulsive from Hebrew mē'as to despise, reject) + Yiddish -keyt, suffix forming abstract nouns.

 
 

Definition of mieskeit in US English:

mieskeit

(also meeskeit, meeskite, mieskayt)
noun
informal
  • Especially in Jewish usage: an ugly person.

Origin

1960s. From Yiddish mieskeyt ugliness, an ugly person or thing from mies ugly, loathsome (from post-biblical Hebrew mā'ūs loathsome, repulsive from Hebrew mē'as to despise, reject) + Yiddish -keyt, suffix forming abstract nouns.

 
 
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