Pronunciations
| guzme | (GUZ-meh) | listen |
Definitions
n. Exaggeration.
Example Sentences
"While it befits eulogists to heap praise, they ought to take care and avoid any guzma."
"She doesn't nag me every time; that's a guzme!"
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Aramaic
- Yiddish
Etymology
A גוזמא guzma > TH גוזמה guzmah, Y גוזמא guzme
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
guzma, guzmeh, guzmah
Notes
See also beli-guzme.
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