Penny Perrick regrets ( January 11 ) that There is no word in English to describe that particular, special sort of pride that one feels in the achievements of one's children. But the verb kvell, which exactly expresses that emotion, is already ( like other Yiddish loanwords, such as chutzpah, meshugga and nosh ) to be found in the Supplement to the Oxford- English Dictionary.
Penny Perrick regrets that there's no word in English to describe the pride felt in the achievements of one's children. The verb kvell is already found in the Supplement to the Oxford-English Dictionary.