English
fresser
Fresser comes from Yiddish פֿרעסער ‘a glutton’.
- Yiddishmodernפֿרעסערfreser‘a glutton’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013fresser
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Yiddishmodernפֿרעסערfreser‘a glutton’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013fresser
Earliest quotation: 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge: “‘She is quite the fresser.’”
Every English word from Yiddish פֿרעסער
Today it means
noun A glutton.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Yiddish פֿרעסער / fresser