shpilkes
Meanings
noun
- A state of impatience, agitation, or anxiety.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish שפּילקעס (shpilkes, “needles”), ultimately from a Slavic term such as Polish szpilka, which comes from Italian spilla, from Late Latin spīnula (“little thorn”).
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