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haymishe

haymishe adjective: familiar; everyday; homely.

Adjective

haymishe (comparative more haymishe, superlative most haymishe)

  1. familiar; everyday; homely.
    • A haymishe but thoroughly regressive, look at dilemmas past.1988 June 10, Anthony Adler, “Berlin, Jerusalem and the Moon”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of haymishe

comparativemore haymishe
superlativemost haymishe

Origin of haymishe

From Yiddish היימישע (heymishe).

Questions about haymishe

What does haymishe mean?
Haymishe means familiar; everyday; homely.
What part of speech is haymishe?
Haymishe is an adjective.

Words near haymishe in the dictionary

  1. Haymarket Hector
  2. Haymarket Hectors
  3. Haymarket ware
  4. haymarkets
  5. Haymes
  6. haymishe
  7. Haymon
  8. Haymond
  9. Haymonds
  10. haymonger
  11. haymongers

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