Pronounced: shver-muh-ree, noun
Notes: I don’t think I have run across this word
Yesterday’s word
The word shonda means
- disgrace or shame
- someone of something that brings shame or disgrace
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1960s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Yiddish word shande (shame; disgrace), which came from the German word Schande (disgrace).
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