Etymology

putz

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Today it means: A fool, an idiot. Full definition →

Yiddish פּאָץ
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putz · noun, verb1

  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromפּאָץ“penis, fool”
  2. English todayputz

Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָץ (pots, “penis, fool”); compare similar semantic developments in futz.

putz · noun, verb2

  1. Pennsylvania German · borrowed fromPutz
  2. English todayputz

Borrowed from Pennsylvania German Putz; compare German Putz (“ornament, decoration, finery”), putzen (“to clean; decorate”). Compare the above.

Putz · proper noun3

  1. German · borrowed fromPutz
  2. English todayPutz

Borrowed from German Putz or Pütz.

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