kvell

[ kvel ]

verb (used without object)

, Slang.

1. to be extraordinarily pleased; especially, to be bursting with pride, as over one's family.

kvell

/ kvɛl /

verb

1. informal.
   intr to be happy or show satisfaction

Word History and Origins

Origin of kvell¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1965–70; from Yiddish kveln “be delighted”; compare Middle High German, German quellen “well up, gush”

Word History and Origins

Origin of kvell¹

C20: from Yiddish kveln to well up