laytish

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Definitions

  • adj. Respectable, proper.

Example Sentences

  • "Some principles he placed above others: what you did when nobody was watching was important; and whether you cultivated a mensch inside you; and that you held yourself to higher than elementary standards because not filching bagels at the market did not make one leitish." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • לײַטיש laytish

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      lyetish, lytish, leytish, laitish, leitish

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