I had heard [the phrase] in Lamb House, Rye, but it was less echt Henry James than Henry James mocking echt Meredith.
Source: wiktionary
Echt
//ɛkt//
Synonyms for "echt" (2 found)
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Synonyms
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17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
7 translations across 5 languages.
Czech
1 entries- echt adj (genuine)
Dutch
1 entries- echt adj (genuine)
Finnish
2 entries- aito adj (genuine)
- ehta adj (genuine)
German
1 entries- echt adj (genuine)
Polish
2 entries- autentyczny adj (genuine)
- prawdziwy adj (genuine)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
An echt Burkean with a snob’s disdain for the contemporary Republican Party, Hart hinted at a road not taken[…].
Source: wiktionary
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