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Yiddish
Etymology
Literally, “tzaddik in a fur coat”.
Pronunciation
Noun
צדיק אין פּעלץ • (tsadek in pelts) m, plural צדיקים אין פּעלץ (tsadikem in pelts), feminine צדקת אין פּעלץ (tsadeykes in pelts)
- pious hypocrite, self-righteous hypocrite
2016 August 9, Kobi Vaytsner, “ידיעות פֿון וואַרשע [News from Warsaw]”, in Der Forverts:וויעראַ גראַן האָט געטענהט, אַז שפּילמאַן אַליין איז געווען אַ צדיק אין פּעלץ.- vyera gran hot getaynet, az shpilman aleyn iz geven a tsadek in pelts.
- Vyera Gran argued that Shpilman himself was a hypocrite.
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