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Word #19
megillah
[muh-gil-uh
for 2. also Seph. Heb. muh-gee-lah]
1. American English Slang
a. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account
b. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter
2. Hebrew a scroll, esp. the one containing the Book of Esther. Others are the Book of Ecclesiastes, the Song of Solomon, the Book of Ruth, and the Book of Lamentations.
Etymology
from Yiddish megile lit., scroll (e.g. a gantse Megillah "a whole megillah"), lit. "roll, scroll," from: Hebrew megillah.
Name of the five Old Testament books appointed to be read traditionally in synagogues to celebrate Purim. The slang use is in ref. to the length of the text.
Just give me the facts, not a whole megillah.
[muh-gil-uh
for 2. also Seph. Heb. muh-gee-lah]
1. American English Slang
a. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account
b. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter
2. Hebrew a scroll, esp. the one containing the Book of Esther. Others are the Book of Ecclesiastes, the Song of Solomon, the Book of Ruth, and the Book of Lamentations.
Etymology
from Yiddish megile lit., scroll (e.g. a gantse Megillah "a whole megillah"), lit. "roll, scroll," from: Hebrew megillah.
Name of the five Old Testament books appointed to be read traditionally in synagogues to celebrate Purim. The slang use is in ref. to the length of the text.
Just give me the facts, not a whole megillah.