haimishadj.

Brit.

/ˈheɪmɪʃ/,

/ˈhʌɪmɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈheɪmɪʃ/,

/ˈhaɪmɪʃ/

Forms:

α. 1900s– haimish, 1900s– haymish, 1900s– heimisch, 1900s– heimish, 1900s– heymish.

β. 1900s– haimisheh, 1900s– haimisher, 1900s– haimischer, 1900s– hamische, 1900s– haymischa, 1900s– haymische, 1900s– haymisha, 1900s– heimishe, 2000s– hamishe.

Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish heymish.

Etymology: < Yiddish heymish domestic, homelike < Middle High German heimisch (Old High German heimisc ; German heimisch ) < heim home n.¹ + -isch -ish suffix¹.In β. forms partly after Yiddish heymishe, inflected form (definite and indefinite feminine singular, also definite and indefinite plural in all genders) of heymish, and partly after Yiddish heymisher, inflected form (definite masculine singular) of heymish.

Chiefly in Jewish usage.

Reminiscent of home; pleasantly familiar; cosy, comfortable; unpretentious.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > unsophisticated

plainc1425

homelyc1426

homespun1590

brown bread1606

unsophisticate1607

simple1613

uncompounded1615

uncourtlike1659

unsophisticated1665

russet-coated1683

buff1792

unvarnished1827

rube1898

cracker-barrel1933

haimish1957

bakya1960

1957 W. Mankowitz Mendelman Fire 42 Dinner was chicken soup with creplach, very delicious, some good hamische fish, and roast veal.

1964 S. Bellow Herzog 35 A politician..still found me good company, heimisch, and took me along to the races.

1970 ‘E. Queen’ Last Woman i. 8 I own..a guest cottage... It's all terribly heimisch.

1973 Times 3 Feb. 13/4 The heimishe cooking at Leslie's is only part of a large suburbanized menu.

2017 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 July b3 I wanted access to that sweet, haimish world of my ancestors.

Derivatives

ˈhaimishness n. the quality of being pleasantly familiar; cosiness; unpretentiousness.

ΚΠ

1969 E. van den Haag Jewish Mystique xvii. 239 He comes to feel that he traded the comforts, the ease, and heimischness of America for a less comfortable country.

2013 Forward (Nexis) 23 Aug. 11 An intangible haimishness unites Jewish vaudevillians even today.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	haimish
释义	haimishadj. Brit. /ˈheɪmɪʃ/, /ˈhʌɪmɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈheɪmɪʃ/, /ˈhaɪmɪʃ/ Forms: α. 1900s– haimish, 1900s– haymish, 1900s– heimisch, 1900s– heimish, 1900s– heymish. β. 1900s– haimisheh, 1900s– haimisher, 1900s– haimischer, 1900s– hamische, 1900s– haymischa, 1900s– haymische, 1900s– haymisha, 1900s– heimishe, 2000s– hamishe. Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish heymish. Etymology: < Yiddish heymish domestic, homelike < Middle High German heimisch (Old High German heimisc ; German heimisch ) < heim home n.¹ + -isch -ish suffix¹.In β. forms partly after Yiddish heymishe, inflected form (definite and indefinite feminine singular, also definite and indefinite plural in all genders) of heymish, and partly after Yiddish heymisher, inflected form (definite masculine singular) of heymish. Chiefly in Jewish usage. Reminiscent of home; pleasantly familiar; cosy, comfortable; unpretentious. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > unsophisticated plainc1425 homelyc1426 homespun1590 brown bread1606 unsophisticate1607 simple1613 uncompounded1615 uncourtlike1659 unsophisticated1665 russet-coated1683 buff1792 unvarnished1827 rube1898 cracker-barrel1933 haimish1957 bakya1960 1957 W. Mankowitz Mendelman Fire 42 Dinner was chicken soup with creplach, very delicious, some good hamische fish, and roast veal. 1964 S. Bellow Herzog 35 A politician..still found me good company, heimisch, and took me along to the races. 1970 ‘E. Queen’ Last Woman i. 8 I own..a guest cottage... It's all terribly heimisch. 1973 Times 3 Feb. 13/4 The heimishe cooking at Leslie's is only part of a large suburbanized menu. 2017 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 July b3 I wanted access to that sweet, haimish world of my ancestors. Derivatives ˈhaimishness n. the quality of being pleasantly familiar; cosiness; unpretentiousness. ΚΠ 1969 E. van den Haag Jewish Mystique xvii. 239 He comes to feel that he traded the comforts, the ease, and heimischness of America for a less comfortable country. 2013 Forward (Nexis) 23 Aug. 11 An intangible haimishness unites Jewish vaudevillians even today. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1957
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