luftmensch

Etymology
From, from +. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

The word first appeared in Yiddish literature in 1860s (Nicolas Vallois, "The Luftmentsh as an economic metaphor for Jewish poverty: a rhetorical analysis").

Noun

 * 1) One more concerned with airy intellectual pursuits than practical matters like earning an income.
 * My wife is such a luftmensch she missed our anniversary dinner because she was too busy reading her books!
 * 1) (Yiddish usage) a beggar, petty trader, peddler, and various types of paupers
 * 1) (Yiddish usage) a beggar, petty trader, peddler, and various types of paupers