kinnesinne
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Yiddish קנאה ושׂנאה (kine vesine) or קנאה־שׂנאה (kine-sine), from Hebrew קִנְאָה וְשִׂנְאָה (kin'á v'sin'á).
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[edit]Noun
[edit]kinnesinne f or m (uncountable) (rarely n)
- (Netherlands, originally Bargoens) hatred, envy, intense jealousy
- 1997, J.J. Oversteegen, “Kwestie van lezen IX”, in Raster. Nieuwe reeks, volume 77, De Bezige Bij, section 195:
- Ik denk dat het mengsel van byzantinisme en kinnesinne, waarmee de Londense literaire wereld hem tegemoet kwam, Eliot in zijn schulp heeft doen kruipen.
- I think that the mixture of byzantinism and resentfulness, with which the London literary world received him, caused Eliot to retreat and haul up the drawbridge.
- 2010, Govert Schilling, Gratis maar niet goedkoop. De kostbare wording van Dagblad De Pers, Polak & Van Gennep:
- Een Apeldoornse wanhoopsdaad, ingegeven door frustratie en kinnesinne.
- An act of desperation from Apeldoorn, informed by frustration and envy.
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