Pronounced: LAM-bunt, adj
Notes: I haven’t run across this word, and I’m a bit surprised
Yesterday’s word
The word plotz means “to faint, collapse, or flop down, as from excitement, frustration, surprise, exhaustion, etc”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1920s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Yiddish word platsn (to burst), which came from the German word platzen (to burst).
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