Word of the
Day for Monday 17th February 2014
Schatzi \SHAHT-see\, noun:
Slang. sweetheart, darling.
He
and his schatzi returned to Vienna ten days later with the
complete wave equations, though the name of his muse is lost in the mists of
the mountains.
-- Russell Targ, Do You See What I See?: Memoirs of a Blind Biker, 2008
-- Russell Targ, Do You See What I See?: Memoirs of a Blind Biker, 2008
Oh, Schatzie,
I stopped wanting many years ago. Now I just accept.
-- Lawrence Sanders, The Anderson Tapes, 1970
-- Lawrence Sanders, The Anderson Tapes, 1970
Schatzi is derived from the German word
for "treasure," schatz, which entered English as a term
of endearment for a woman in the early 1900’s.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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