I read an article today about the editor who is leaving Glamour Magazine, and she said "I am sure I will be, in my grandmother's words, 'highly verklempt'." I had to look it up. It's a Yiddish word (love them!) for being overwhelmed by emotion. Have you heard it before? What English word might be the nearest to it?
September 17, 2017, 20:44
goofy
The Yiddish is פֿאַרקלעמט (farklemt), related to German verklemmt "inhibited, uptight". German klemmen "to pinch" is cognate with English clamp.This message has been edited. Last edited by: goofy,
September 18, 2017, 10:13
goofy
This dictionary say farklemt is "depressed, distraught; choked up, extremely emotional, on the verge of tears; grieving" and klemen is "to grieve".