mensch
Meanings
Noun
- a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics
- A person (chiefly male) of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion.
- A gentleman.
Origin / Etymology
From Yiddish מענטש (mentsh, “an honorable person”), from Middle High German mensch, mensche, mennische, from Old High German mennisko (“man, human being”), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”). The spelling mensch was influenced by German Mensch; compare the alternative spellings. Doublet of mennish; compare also mense. For the semantics, compare Latin humanē (“kindly, courteously”), English humane.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
mensch is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordmensch is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 15
mensch is a valid Words With Friends word