mieskeit

English

Etymology

From Yiddish מיאוסקייט (mieskeyt, “an ugly person”).

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Noun

mieskeit (plural mieskeits)

1. (chiefly Jewish slang) An ugly person.
   • 1984 March 30, William Safire, “The Meese Mess”, in The New York Times‎^[1], page A31:

     He could remain a useful White House counselor — no mieskeit, he — but he would not be a credible Attorney General.

   • 2012, Fern Kupfer, chapter 4, in Leaving Long Island and other departures‎^[2], Ames, IA: Culicidae Press, →ISBN, page 40:

     Then he would pretend to call to my mother who was busy in the kitchen making breakfast, to come up and see me, to look at what a mieskeit her daughter was in the morning.