German-influenced adjective meaning cozy, comfortable, and hospitable; characterized by a sense of belonging and pleasant warmth.
From German 'gemütlich,' itself derived from Middle High German 'gemüte' (mind, feeling) related to 'Gemüt' (temperament, disposition). This loanword entered English to describe the untranslatable German feeling of coziness.
Germans captured a feeling that English speakers couldn't quite name—that specific coziness of a warm room with friends—so we borrowed the word wholesale, because sometimes a foreign language just *gets* it.
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