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has gloss | (noun) a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics mensh, mensch |
has gloss | eng: Mensch ( mentsh; , for "human being") means "a person of integrity and honor". The opposite of a mensch is an unmensch (meaning: an utterly cruel or evil person). According to Leo Rosten, the Yiddish maven and author of The Joys of Yiddish, mensch is "someone to admire and emulate, someone of noble character. The key to being “a real mensch” is nothing less than character, rectitude, dignity, a sense of what is right, responsible, decorous". |
lexicalization | eng: mensch |
lexicalization | eng: mensh |
subclass of | (noun) a person who is good to other people good person |
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lexicalization | kor: 고결한 사람 |
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lexicalization | kor: 위인 |
lexicalization | kor: 훌륭한 사람 |
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has category | language/yid |
similar | e/Mensch |
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