NEBBISH


Meaning of NEBBISH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈne-bish ]

noun

Etymology: Yiddish nebekh poor, unfortunate, from Czech nebohý

Date: 1951

: a timid, meek, or ineffectual person

• neb·bishy -bi-shē adjective

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