mieskeit
/ˈmiːskeɪt/ /ˈmiːskʌɪt/(also meeskeit, meeskite, mieskayt) informal
noun
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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