farblondjet

farblondjet

English

Alternative forms

• farblondzhet

Etymology

From Yiddish פֿאַרבלאָנדזשעט‎ (farblondzhet), past participle of פֿאַרבלאָנדזשן‎ (farblondzhn), from פֿאַר־‎ (far-) +‎ בלאָנדזשן‎ (blondzhn), from Polish błądzić.

Adjective

farblondjet (comparative more farblondjet, superlative most farblondjet)

1. Lost.
   • 1968, Leo Rosten, The Joys of Yiddish, p. 112.

     He drove towards New Rochelle, but got so farblondjet that he ended up in White Plains.

2. Confused, mixed-up.

References

Rosten, Leo. The Joys of Yiddish. New York: Washington Square Press, 1968.