Thursday word: afikomen

[prettygoodword]

Sorry for missing last week's post, but I was so wrapped up in the last day of preparations for Passover that I completely forgot. So in honor of the holiday:

afikomen (ah-fee-KOH-muhn) - n., a piece broken off from a matzo during a Passover Seder and put aside to be eaten at the end of the meal

Comments

[deborahkla]

This is lovely. I remember hunting for the afikomen as a kid and really enjoying it, so the word caught my eye right away. Thanks for providing the Yiddish, Hebrew and Greek roots.