choished

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Definitions

  • adj. Suspicious.

  • v. To suspect; to be suspicious.

Example Sentences

  • “Despite his claim, I am still choished that he used my shaver.” (Weiser)

  • “I am choished him of telling the Mashgiach about the microwave I kept in the dorm.” (Weiser)

  • "I'm choished that the Big Gedalya Goomber song would have been much less popular if it was publicized by Gedalya himself instead of by Uncle Moishy." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y חושד זײַן khoyshed zayn, lit. 'to be suspicious'

      • Who Uses This

      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • 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

      khoished, choyshed, khoyshed

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