kvell

English

From Yiddish קוועלן‎ (kveln), from an old Germanic word akin to German quellen (“well up”).

kvell (third-person singular simple present kvells, present participle kvelling, simple past and past participle kvelled)

(intransitive, US slang) To feel delighted and proud; to boast; to gloat.
- 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage 2014, p. 4:
  ‘Magnificent residence,’ she pretended to kvell, ‘maybe I'm in the wrong business?’

单词	kvell
释义	kvell English Etymology From Yiddish קוועלן‎ (kveln), from an old Germanic word akin to German quellen (“well up”). Pronunciation (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kvɛl/ Rhymes: -ɛl Verb kvell (third-person singular simple present kvells, present participle kvelling, simple past and past participle kvelled) (intransitive, US slang) To feel delighted and proud; to boast; to gloat. 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage 2014, p. 4: ‘Magnificent residence,’ she pretended to kvell, ‘maybe I'm in the wrong business?’
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