Echt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɛkt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Echt is an adjective meaning Proper, real, genuine, true to type.
Meaning
Proper, real, genuine, true to type.
Example Sentences
An echt Burkean with a snob’s disdain for the contemporary Republican Party, Hart hinted at a road not taken[…].
I had heard [the phrase] in Lamb House, Rye, but it was less echt Henry James than Henry James mocking echt Meredith.
And yes, that's what it's about. Some punk writing about sleeping with Ginsberg, despite their fifty-year age difference and homogenous sexuality. What's echt heebish? There's your answer. A hack fag poet and the power to plant him on playlists nationwide.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include real, honest-to-goodness, legit, good, simon-pure, sincere.
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