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Word of the Day – Verklempt

Verklempt (adj)

vu-klempt/fu-klempt

Overcome with emotion.

From Yiddish farklempt, from German verklemmt, literally ‘pinched, squeezed’.

Example sentences

“She was verklempt with the loss and could hardly speak.”

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