Meanings
- JewishuncountableProper behavior; manners
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Just admit it: it really reveals a tremendous lack of derekh erets to ask someone these questions if you aren't directly interested or affected in some way (which, short of being this guy's wife, I don't know how you could be). I'd suggest rather than defending your question, you refrain from asking it.
2002 September 26, Jess Olson, “Kol Sasson”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)
Origin
- Hebrewדֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ“way of the land”
- Englishderech eretz
Borrowed from Hebrew דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ (“way of the land”).
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