This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it.
This week’s closing word:
haimish
Also: heimish, heimisch
Pronounced: (HAY-mish) or (HIGH-mish)
Adjective:
Homely; unpretentious; having qualities associated with a homelike atmosphere; simple, warm, relaxed, cozy, etc.
Synonyms: cozy, simple, homelike
From Wordsmith.org: ”From Yiddish heymish (domestic), from Old High German heim (home). Ultimately from the Indo-European root tkei- (to settle or dwell), which also gave us home, haunt, hangar, site, situate, and hamlet.”
Example:
“It wasn’t the newest home on the block, but it was clean and well-maintained and had a pleasantly haimish feel.”
