hecher
Definitions
adj. Mysterious, obscure, arcane.
Example Sentences
“He's so into hechere things that he sometimes forgets to eat.” (Weiser)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
העכער hekher 'higher'
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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Alternative Spellings
hechere, hekher, hekhere
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