kvetchn.

Brit.

/kvɛtʃ/, U.S.

/kvɛtʃ/,

/kəˈvɛtʃ/

Forms: 1900s quevetch, 1900s– kvetch, 1900s– kvetsch, 1900s– kvetsh.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: kvetch v.

Etymology: Apparently < kvetch v. (although that is first attested later).

North American colloquial (originally and chiefly in Jewish usage).

1. A detestable or unpleasant person; esp. a person who criticizes or complains a great deal.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic > captious

plucker-atc1500

pick-fault1544

pick mote1549

trip-taker1556

mome1563

Momus1563

Zoilus1565

find-fault1567

caviller1574

carper1579

sheep-biter?1589

Zoilist1594

momist1597

word-catcher1659

knocker1898

crabber1909

kvetch1936

tearer-downer1942

nitpicker1951

kvetcher1968

1936 D. Fuchs Homage to Blenholt viii. 223 See, everyone laughed at me. I was a schlemiel, a fool, a nut, a quevetch.

1964 S. Bellow Herzog (1965) 61 She's got a disgusting father and a kvetsch of a mother.

1964 W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) xi. 187 There was Ozzie Waldman, Ozzie the kvetch. For his favor you could die. He gave away nothing.

1987 P. Crowther in S. J. Perelman Don't tread on Me p. xxi He wasn't a kvetch, as I knew him; his crotchets were comic, and while he was certainly capable of real rage, he could also feign an antic apoplexy.

2008 Times 25 Apr. (Times2 section) 11/5 What I belatedly realise I should have asked is when he made the artistic choice to be a kvetch off-stage, or if ill-health made the decision for him.

2. A complaint.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint

plainta1275

groinc1374

complaintc1385

murmura1393

grutchc1460

plainc1475

yammer?a1513

puling?1529

objecting1552

obmurmuration1571

regratea1586

repine1593

grumblinga1616

grumble1623

dissatisfactionc1640

obmurmuring1642

rumbling1842

natter1866

grouch1895

beef1900

holler1901

squawk1909

moan1911

yip1911

grouse1918

gripe1934

crib1943

bitch1945

drip1945

kvetch1957

1957 W. Hoffman Those were Days 248 He shook the grates, adjusted the damper and with a ‘kvetch’ for each shovel of coal, filled the fiery maw of the stove.

2019 @jenlooper 5 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 2 May 2019) Car designers, I have a kvetch. Please can someone make a purse-friendly interior?

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

kvetchv.

Brit.

/kvɛtʃ/, U.S.

/kvɛtʃ/,

/kəˈvɛtʃ/

Forms: 1900s– kvetch, 1900s– kvetsch, 1900s– kvetsh, 1900s– qvetch (rare).

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

Etymology: < Yiddish kvetshen to talk about something at great length and (often) in an annoying manner, semantic development (perhaps reflecting an extended use along the lines of ‘to squeeze the last drop out of (something)’) of kvetshen to pinch, to squeeze, to press < Middle High German quetschen to crush, to bruise, to squeeze (see quest v.²). Earlier currency is probably implied by kvetch n.

North American colloquial (originally in Jewish usage).

intransitive. To criticize or complain a great deal. Frequently with about.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > captiously

upbraidc1290

bite1330

to gnap at1533

carp1550

cavil1581

carp1587

to pick at ——1603

to pick a hole (also holes) in1614

yark1621

vellicate1633

to peck at1641

snob1654

ploat1757

to get at ——1803

crab1819

to pick up1846

knock1892

snark1904

kvetchc1950

to pick nits1978

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]

murkeOE

misspeakOE

yomer971

chidea1000

murkenOE

grutch?c1225

mean?a1300

hum13..

plainta1325

gruntc1325

plainc1325

musea1382

murmurc1390

complain1393

contrary1393

flitec1400

pinea1425

grummec1430

aggrudge1440

hoinec1440

mutterc1450

grudge1461

channerc1480

grunch1487

repine1529

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expostulate1561

grumblea1586

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chunter1599

swagger1599

maunder1622

orp1634

objurgate1642

pitter1672

yelp1706

yammer1794

natter1804

murgeon1808

groan1816

squawk1875

jower1879

grouse1887

beef1888

to whip the cat1892

holler1904

yip1907

peeve1912

grouch1916

nark1916

to sound off1918

create1919

moana1922

crib1925

tick1925

bitch1930

gripe1932

bind1942

drip1942

kvetchc1950

to rag on1979

wrinch2011

c1950 Wisconsin Eng. Lang. Surv. Suppl. in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 262/1 Kvetch, to complain.

1952 N. Mailer Let. 2 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (2014) 124 I limp and qvetch and people say, what a poor gimp, so young.

1971 Harper's Mag. Feb. 111 After listening to Kashouk kvetch for a couple of hours, Sol Hurok..put the question direct... ‘If you always lose so much money, why do you stay in business?’

2004 Out Apr. 89/2 Harris was almost 50, bitterly single, forever kvetching about how lonely he was.

2015 Jrnl. Abraham Lincoln Assoc. 36 71 Is it niggling to kvetch about such points from a dying scholar?

Derivatives

ˈkvetcher n. = kvetch n. 1.

ΚΠ

1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 200 What a congenital kvetcher!

1970 S. Ellin Man from Nowhere xix. 94 A bagger [i.e. investigator] should not dress so conspicuous that even these old kvetchers around here turn and look.

2017 Calgary Sun (Nexis) 17July a42 If she's just the office kvetcher and comfy with that, then let her be her and choose your interactions on your terms.

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

单词	kvetch
释义	kvetchn. Brit. /kvɛtʃ/, U.S. /kvɛtʃ/, /kəˈvɛtʃ/ Forms: 1900s quevetch, 1900s– kvetch, 1900s– kvetsch, 1900s– kvetsh. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: kvetch v. Etymology: Apparently < kvetch v. (although that is first attested later). North American colloquial (originally and chiefly in Jewish usage). 1. A detestable or unpleasant person; esp. a person who criticizes or complains a great deal. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic > captious plucker-atc1500 pick-fault1544 pick mote1549 trip-taker1556 mome1563 Momus1563 Zoilus1565 find-fault1567 caviller1574 carper1579 sheep-biter?1589 Zoilist1594 momist1597 word-catcher1659 knocker1898 crabber1909 kvetch1936 tearer-downer1942 nitpicker1951 kvetcher1968 1936 D. Fuchs Homage to Blenholt viii. 223 See, everyone laughed at me. I was a schlemiel, a fool, a nut, a quevetch. 1964 S. Bellow Herzog (1965) 61 She's got a disgusting father and a kvetsch of a mother. 1964 W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) xi. 187 There was Ozzie Waldman, Ozzie the kvetch. For his favor you could die. He gave away nothing. 1987 P. Crowther in S. J. Perelman Don't tread on Me p. xxi He wasn't a kvetch, as I knew him; his crotchets were comic, and while he was certainly capable of real rage, he could also feign an antic apoplexy. 2008 Times 25 Apr. (Times2 section) 11/5 What I belatedly realise I should have asked is when he made the artistic choice to be a kvetch off-stage, or if ill-health made the decision for him. 2. A complaint. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint plainta1275 groinc1374 complaintc1385 murmura1393 grutchc1460 plainc1475 yammer?a1513 puling?1529 objecting1552 obmurmuration1571 regratea1586 repine1593 grumblinga1616 grumble1623 dissatisfactionc1640 obmurmuring1642 rumbling1842 natter1866 grouch1895 beef1900 holler1901 squawk1909 moan1911 yip1911 grouse1918 gripe1934 crib1943 bitch1945 drip1945 kvetch1957 1957 W. Hoffman Those were Days 248 He shook the grates, adjusted the damper and with a ‘kvetch’ for each shovel of coal, filled the fiery maw of the stove. 2019 @jenlooper 5 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 2 May 2019) Car designers, I have a kvetch. Please can someone make a purse-friendly interior? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). kvetchv. Brit. /kvɛtʃ/, U.S. /kvɛtʃ/, /kəˈvɛtʃ/ Forms: 1900s– kvetch, 1900s– kvetsch, 1900s– kvetsh, 1900s– qvetch (rare). Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish kvetshen. Etymology: < Yiddish kvetshen to talk about something at great length and (often) in an annoying manner, semantic development (perhaps reflecting an extended use along the lines of ‘to squeeze the last drop out of (something)’) of kvetshen to pinch, to squeeze, to press < Middle High German quetschen to crush, to bruise, to squeeze (see quest v.²). Earlier currency is probably implied by kvetch n. North American colloquial (originally in Jewish usage). intransitive. To criticize or complain a great deal. Frequently with about. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > captiously upbraidc1290 bite1330 to gnap at1533 carp1550 cavil1581 carp1587 to pick at ——1603 to pick a hole (also holes) in1614 yark1621 vellicate1633 to peck at1641 snob1654 ploat1757 to get at ——1803 crab1819 to pick up1846 knock1892 snark1904 kvetchc1950 to pick nits1978 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] murkeOE misspeakOE yomer971 chidea1000 murkenOE grutch?c1225 mean?a1300 hum13.. plainta1325 gruntc1325 plainc1325 musea1382 murmurc1390 complain1393 contrary1393 flitec1400 pinea1425 grummec1430 aggrudge1440 hoinec1440 mutterc1450 grudge1461 channerc1480 grunch1487 repine1529 storm?1553 expostulate1561 grumblea1586 gruntle1591 chunter1599 swagger1599 maunder1622 orp1634 objurgate1642 pitter1672 yelp1706 yammer1794 natter1804 murgeon1808 groan1816 squawk1875 jower1879 grouse1887 beef1888 to whip the cat1892 holler1904 yip1907 peeve1912 grouch1916 nark1916 to sound off1918 create1919 moana1922 crib1925 tick1925 bitch1930 gripe1932 bind1942 drip1942 kvetchc1950 to rag on1979 wrinch2011 c1950 Wisconsin Eng. Lang. Surv. Suppl. in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 262/1 Kvetch, to complain. 1952 N. Mailer Let. 2 Sept. in Sel. Lett. (2014) 124 I limp and qvetch and people say, what a poor gimp, so young. 1971 Harper's Mag. Feb. 111 After listening to Kashouk kvetch for a couple of hours, Sol Hurok..put the question direct... ‘If you always lose so much money, why do you stay in business?’ 2004 Out Apr. 89/2 Harris was almost 50, bitterly single, forever kvetching about how lonely he was. 2015 Jrnl. Abraham Lincoln Assoc. 36 71 Is it niggling to kvetch about such points from a dying scholar? Derivatives ˈkvetcher n. = kvetch n. 1. ΚΠ 1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 200 What a congenital kvetcher! 1970 S. Ellin Man from Nowhere xix. 94 A bagger [i.e. investigator] should not dress so conspicuous that even these old kvetchers around here turn and look. 2017 Calgary Sun (Nexis) 17July a42 If she's just the office kvetcher and comfy with that, then let her be her and choose your interactions on your terms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1936v.c1950
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