English edit

Etymology edit

From Yiddish היימישע (heymishe).

Adjective edit

haymishe (comparative more haymishe, superlative most haymishe)

  1. familiar; everyday; homely.
    • 1988 June 10, Anthony Adler, “Berlin, Jerusalem and the Moon”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      A haymishe but thoroughly regressive, look at dilemmas past.