schmaltzとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• schmalz, shmalz

語源

Borrowed from Yiddish שמאַלץ (shmalts) or German Schmalz. Doublet of smalt, smalto, and enamel.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ʃmɒlts/, /ʃmɔːlts/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ʃmɔlts/, /ʃmɑlts/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ʃmɑlts/
• 韻: -ɒlts, -ɔːlts

名詞

schmaltz (uncountable)

1. (cooking) Rendered chicken or goose fat.
   • 2014 December 9, Melissa Clark, “Schmaltz Finds a New, Younger Audience”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2014-12-10:

     Even now, as medical science has given a nod to the moderate consumption of saturated animal fats, and the culinary elite has fallen hard for the likes of lard, tallow and duck fat, poor schmaltz remains the babushka-clad cousin not invited to the table. This is a shame, because schmaltz is one the most versatile and flavorful fats you can use.

2. (figurative, derogatory) Excessively sentimental art or music.
   • 2016 April 8, Spencer Kornhaber, “M83's ‘Junk’ Revels in the Joy of Schmaltz”, in The Atlantic‎, archived from the original on 2016-06-10:

     Are you moved because the disco soundscape of “Moon Crystal” reminds you of TV shows from long ago, or because those high, whining violins over funk guitar are eternally gorgeous? […] Schmaltz is schmaltz, and it can make life worth living.

   • 2017 February 7, Caleb Crain, “The Sentimental Sadist”, in The Atlantic‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2021-04-03:

     The cost, for [George] Saunders, of moving beyond the stylized violence of his early stories seems to be the transmutation of a portion of his violence into schmaltz.

派生語

• schmaltz up
• schmaltzy