sheyn

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Definitions

  • adj. Beautiful; handsome.

Example Sentences

  • "Well, the album liner is decorated with a couple of photos, courtesy of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., that depict a typical shtetl. Wooden shacks and unpaved streets, with a horse grazing in the yard. Not very 'shayn.'" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • שיין sheyn

      • 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

      shayn, shein, shain

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