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kvell

[ kvel ]

verb (used without object)

, Slang.
  1. to be extraordinarily pleased; especially, to be bursting with pride, as over one's family.


kvell

/ kvɛl /

verb

  1. informal.
    intr to be happy or show satisfaction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kvell1

An Americanism first recorded in 1965–70; from Yiddish kveln “be delighted”; compare Middle High German, German quellen “well up, gush”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kvell1

C20: from Yiddish kveln to well up

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