eppes

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Definitions

  • adv. Somewhat, quite.

  • pro. Someone, something.

  • adj. Debatable, unsatisfactory.

  • art. Any kind of.

  • adv. For some reason.

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Example Sentences

  • As in "something": “Eat epes.” (NJY)

  • As in "for some reason": “Epes I’m not hungry.” (NJY)

  • As in "quite": “She served epes a meal!” (NJY)

  • As in "somebody": “He thinks he’s an epes.” (NJY)

  • “I gave the meshulach eppis just to get him off my back.” (Weiser)

  • “I'm eppis busy, but I can talk to you for a few minutes.” (Weiser)

  • “He had just gotten up from a nap, but he still seemed eppis tired.” (Weiser)

  • As in "any kind of": “Do you have E. a pen, even a cheap one, as long as it writes?” (Weiser)

  • “I hear noises at night. I think there are eppis mice in the dorm.” (Weiser)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • עפּעס epes

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

      Alternative Spellings

      epes, epis, eppis

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