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kvell
[ kvel ]
verb (used without object)
, Slang.
- to be extraordinarily pleased; especially, to be bursting with pride, as over one's family.
kvell
/ kvɛl /
verb
- informal.intr to be happy or show satisfaction
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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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