farblondjet
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Yiddish פֿאַרבלאָנדזשעט (farblondzhet), past participle of פֿאַרבלאָנדזשן (farblondzhn), from פֿאַר־ (far-) + בלאָנדזשן (blondzhn), from Polish błądzić.
Adjective[edit]
farblondjet (comparative more farblondjet, superlative most farblondjet)
- Lost.
- 1968, Leo Rosten, The Joys of Yiddish, page 112:
- He drove towards New Rochelle, but got so farblondjet that he ended up in White Plains.
- Confused, mixed-up.
References[edit]
Rosten, Leo. The Joys of Yiddish. New York: Washington Square Press, 1968.