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Definition of Luftmensch
1. Noun. One more concerned with airy intellectual pursuits than practical matters like earning an income. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Luftmensch
1. [n -MENSCHEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luftmensch
Literary usage of Luftmensch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1907)
""And cannot the Almighty support us in Turkey as well as in England?" "It was
then that the word luftmensch flew into ..."
2. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, from the Earliest Times Until the by Simon Dubnow (1920)
"He was particularly successful in his masterly delineation of the luftmensch type
of the Pale of Settlement, who is constantly on the hunt for a piece ..."
3. The Land of Riddles: (Russia of To-day) by Hugo Ganz (1904)
"It is hard to draw the line between the "schnorrer" and the "luftmensch" (a man
without any certain source of income), who has not yet resigned himself to ..."
4. Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1907-1911 by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (1914)
"The red mark.—The bearer of burdens.—The luftmensch. —The tug of love.—The
Yiddish "Hamlet."—The converts.—Holy wedlock.—Elijah's goblet.—The hirelings. ..."
5. Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1907-1911 by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (1914)
"The red mark.—The bearer of burdens.—The luftmensch. —The tug of love.—The
Yiddish "Hamlet."—The converts.—Holy wedlock.—Elijah's goblet.—The hirelings. ..."
6. The Voice of Jerusalem by Israel Zangwill (1921)
"... I noted that the boots with which it had tramped from distant towns were
immaculately polished. But I was not sure that the luftmensch species —• the ..."
7. Catalogue of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress Copyright Office (1907)
"The luftmensch.—The tug of love.—The Yiddish 'Hamlet.'— The converts.—Holy
wedlock.—Elijah's goblet—The hirelings.—Samoo- borona. ix, 487 p. 20"°. ..."
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