I would like to know the meaning of the word Luftmentsch?
I keep running into this word as I read political blogs and opinion pieces, and have a general understanding of what it means but would like to know where the word comes from and how it is specifically used. It seems to have some Hebrew origen, or at least be used by many Jewish people. Just curious. If anyone has any info. please share. I was not able to find it in any online dictionary, but it seems to be used in the same way in common speech to just be a made up word.
luftmensch
Yiddish, from German luft, air, and mensch, person.
[edit] Nounluftmensch (plural luftmenschen, or, less commonly, luftmensches)
One more concerned with airy intellectual pursuits than practical matters
My husband is such a luftmensch he missed our anniversary dinner because he was too busy reading his books!
McLean, Helen. “Marc of Distinction.” The Globe and Mail: Books. March 24, 2007, p.D6 (reviewing the book Marc Chagall by Jonathan Wilson)
“Chagall was a luftmensch, he says, a man of the air…”
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