Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Excessively sentimental art or music.
- noun Maudlin sentimentality.
- noun Liquid fat, especially chicken fat.
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- noun uncountable Liquid
chicken fat . - noun uncountable
Excessively sentimental art ormusic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If homemade schmaltz is unavailable, you can use Nyafat or Margarine if you want to keep it kosher parve or meat, but if not or for a dairy meal, use softened butter instead.
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The difference between great sentimentalism like Yesterday, Hey Jude or Let it Be and schmaltz is subtle but huge and the talent to pull it off is very rare.
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GROSS: Bobby Braddock, the word schmaltz is probably not a word that's used a lot in country music.
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GROSS: Bobby Braddock, the word schmaltz is probably not a word that's used a lot in country music.
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GROSS: Bobby Braddock, the word schmaltz is probably not a word that's used a lot in country music.
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GROSS: Bobby Braddock, the word schmaltz is probably not a word that's used a lot in country music.
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You could go totally pareve and not use any schmaltz, but I think schmaltz is integral to the flavor of latkes, and I tend to have them as an evening meal with other stuff.
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But it might mean that sneaking the schmaltz is no longer necessary - that we can start embracing sentimentality again without worrying whether we should change our names and move to another town.
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While MGM’s stuff reveled in schmaltz, Warners piled on the panache with a distinctly modern sensibility.
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While MGM’s stuff reveled in schmaltz, Warners piled on the panache with a distinctly modern sensibility.
john commented on the word schmaltz
Literally means melted chicken fat.
April 6, 2009