farblondjet

English

Alternative forms

• farblondzhet

Etymology

From Yiddish פֿאַרבלאָנדזשעט (farblondzhet), past participle of פֿאַרבלאָנדזשן (farblondzhn), from פֿאַר־ (far-) +‎ בלאָנדזשן (blondzhn), from Polish błądzić.

Adjective

farblondjet (comparative more farblondjet, superlative most farblondjet)

1. Lost.
   • 1968, Leo Rosten, The Joys of Yiddish, page 112:

     He drove towards New Rochelle, but got so farblondjet that he ended up in White Plains.

2. Confused, mixed-up.

References

Rosten, Leo. The Joys of Yiddish. New York: Washington Square Press, 1968.