From the headline of this article at TabletMag.com.
上記の文で、verklemptの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "verklempt" mean?
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解答
意味：英辞郎によると、
感情に圧倒された、あぜんとした、感極まった、胸がいっぱいの
Answer
According to Merriam-Webster:overcome with emotion; choked up
Etymology/語源
Merriam-Websterによると、初めて使用されたのが、1991年。
イディッシュ語のfarklemt（精神的に沈んだ、深い悲しみ）から。
According to Merriam-Webster:
First Known Use of verklempt: 1991
Borrowed from Yiddish farklemt "depressed, grieving,"
Examples
- Hunched over my tiny screens lately, I've found myself … verklempt over an old video I posted of my son blowing bubbles in the bathtub. — James Poniewozik
- Actor BD Wong, a San Francisco native who has achieved great acclaim on Broadway and television, was initially verklempt, struggling to contain his emotion before finding words to describe Perloff. — Catherine Bigelow, San Francisco Chronicle, "Stars come out to celebrate Perloff’s ACT tenure," 9 Apr. 2018
- ‘she was all verklempt earlier this week over her latest split from her husband’
- Two suicides by students caused the compassionate teacher to be verklempt with grief
- After her father’s death, the verklempt woman cried herself to [sleep] every night.
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