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The word gamine is a French word, the feminine form of gamin, originally meaning urchin, waif or playful, naughty child. It was used in English from about the mid-19th century (for example, by William Makepeace Thackeray in 1840 in one of his Parisian sketches), but in the 20th century came to be applied in its more modern sense.
This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English.There are differing approaches to the romanization of Yiddish orthography (which uses the Hebrew alphabet); thus, the spelling of some of the words in this list may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz).
Words with specific British English meanings that have different meanings in American and/or additional meanings common to both languages (e.g. pants, cot) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in American and British English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different meaning).
Other variant spellings in English have included lubrican, leprehaun, and lepreehawn. Some modern Irish books use the spelling lioprachán . [ 11 ] The first recorded instance of the word in the English language was in Dekker 's comedy The Honest Whore , Part 2 (1604): "As for your Irish lubrican, that spirit / Whom by preposterous charms thy ...
Alternative spellings include gobblin, gobeline, gobling, goblyn, goblino, and gobbelin.The term "goblette" has been used to refer to female goblins. [3] [4]The word goblin is first recorded in the 14th century and is probably from unattested Anglo-Norman *gobelin, [5] similar to Old French gobelin, already attested around 1195 in Ambroise of Normandy's Guerre sainte, and to Medieval Latin ...
The adult child may be having trouble navigating a situation. That situation may be healing from something they say you did. Experts helped parents find the words to speak to their adult child ...
Menehune (pl./s.)/Menehunes (pl.): Centuries ago, a Hawaiian legend spoke of the Menehune, who were a mischievous group of small people, or dwarfs, who lived hidden in the forests and valleys of the tropical islands. These creatures were only about 2–3 feet tall; some were as small as 6 inches.
They can be mischievous, frightening, and even dangerous. [1] (p100) Attempts to give them clothing will often banish them forever, though whether they are offended by such gifts or are simply too proud to work in new clothes differs from teller to teller. Billy Blind is a clever hobgoblin or brownie found in several ballads collected by F. J ...