mizinik
Definitions
n. The youngest son.
Example Sentences
"I envisioned how happy my parents would be to see me, how much joy my mother would derive from her mizinik, now a full blown yeshiva bocher." (Memories of Two Generations: A Yiddish Life in Russia and Texas by Alexander Z. Gurwitz)
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
מיזיניק mizinik
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- 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
mizzinik, mezinik
Notes
See also mizinke.
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