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tzimmes

or tsim·mes

[ tsim-is ]

noun

  1. Jewish Cooking. any of various sweetened combinations of vegetables, fruit, and sometimes meat, prepared as a casserole or stew.
  2. Informal. fuss; uproar; hullabaloo:

    He made such a tzimmes over that mistake!



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Word History and Origins

Origin of tzimmes1

First recorded in 1890–95; from Yiddish tsimes, akin to dialectal German (Swabia) zimmes, zimbes “compote, stew,” Swiss German zimis “lunch”; compound (originally a prepositional phrase) of Middle High German z, ze, unstressed variant of zuo ( German zu ) “at, to” + Middle High German, Old High German imbiz, imbīz “snack, light meal” ( German Imbiss ), noun derivative of Old High German enbīzan “to take nourishment”; to, in- 1, bite

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