haimish

The definition of haimish is a Yiddish word that means friendly or homey.

(adjective)

An example of Haimish is a comfortable hotel room that you feel at ease in.

See haimish in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

having qualities associated with a homelike atmosphere; simple, warm, relaxed, cozy, unpretentious, etc.

Origin: Yiddish < Ger heimisch, homelike: see home & -ish

See haimish in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also heim·ish

adjective
Slang

Warm and comfortable; homey; folksy: “It is very gentle and sweet up here. It's . . . sort of haimish” (Janet Malcolm).

Origin:

Origin: Yiddish heymish

Origin: , from Middle High German heimisch

Origin: , from Old High German heimisc

Origin: , from heim, home; see tkei- in Indo-European roots

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