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mieskeit

mieskeit noun: an ugly person.

Noun

mieskeit (plural mieskeits)

  1. (Jewish, slang) An ugly person.
    • He could remain a useful White House counselor — no mieskeit, he — but he would not be a credible Attorney General.1984 March 30, William Safire, “The Meese Mess”, in The New York Times, page A31
    • Then he would pretend to call to my mother who was busy in the kitchen making breakfast, to come up and see me, to look at what a mieskeit her daughter was in the morning.2012, Fern Kupfer, chapter 4, in Leaving Long Island and other departures, Ames, IA: Culicidae Press, →ISBN, page 40

Forms of mieskeit

pluralmieskeits

Origin of mieskeit

From Yiddish מיאוסקייט (mieskeyt, “an ugly person”).

Questions about mieskeit

What does mieskeit mean?
Mieskeit means an ugly person.
What part of speech is mieskeit?
Mieskeit is a noun.
What is the plural of mieskeit?
The plural of mieskeit is mieskeits.

Words near mieskeit in the dictionary

  1. Mieschers
  2. Mieses
  3. Mieses-Kotrč Variation
  4. Mieseses
  5. miesies
  6. mieskeit
  7. mieskeits
  8. Miesner
  9. Miesners
  10. mieve
  11. mieved

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