luftmensch
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Yiddish, from German luft (“air”), and mensch (“person”).
Noun[edit]
luftmensch (plural luftmenschen or luftmensches)
- One more concerned with airy intellectual pursuits than practical matters like earning an income.
- My husband is such a luftmensch he missed our anniversary dinner because he was too busy reading his books!
- McLean, Helen. "Marc of Distinction." The Globe and Mail: Books. March 24, 2007, p.D6 (reviewing the book Marc Chagall by Jonathan Wilson)
- "Chagall was a luftmensch, he says, a man of the air..."