chochem

A wise and learned man

Noun

  1. A wise and learned man
    • In acknowledgment to the wise old bearded scholars who helped make this book possible . . . Jerry Barnbaum Morrie Korcngold Gert Korengold Raymond B. Young . . . and several minor chochems their feelings shouldn't be...
    • Undoubtedly, many chachamim and tzaddikim of Jerusalem have gone unmentioned in this book. The author begs their forgiveness. - 1998, Dovid Rossoff, Where Heaven Touches Earth, page ix:
    • She is from California, flown halfway across the globe to gather a group of fifteen chochem together on this otherwise perfectly lovely Saturday morning. - 2015, Maureen Earl, Boat of Stone: A Novel, →ISBN:
  2. A know-it-all.
    • "Who the fuck you think you are, chochem, talking to Mr. Lansky like — " Lansky held up a hand to stop Mouse. - 2005, Gregg Keizer, The Longest Night, →ISBN, page 21:

Origin

From Yiddish חכם (khokhem), from Hebrew חָכָם (khakhám, “wise, smart”).

Forms

chochem chochems chochomim chacham chocham haham hakham