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megillot

me·gil·lah
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [muh-gil-uh; for 2 also Sephardic Hebrew muh-gee-lah]
    • /məˈgɪl ə; for 2 also Sephardic Hebrew mə giˈlɑ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [muh-gil-uh; for 2 also Sephardic Hebrew muh-gee-lah]
    • /məˈgɪl ə; for 2 also Sephardic Hebrew mə giˈlɑ/

Definitions of megillot word

  • noun plural megillot Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter. 1
  • noun plural megillot (italics) Hebrew. a scroll, especially 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. 1
  • noun megillot plural of megillah. 0

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Origin of megillot

First appearance:

before 1950
One of the 5% newest English words
1950-55; < Yiddish megile literally, scroll < Hebrew məgillāh

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Parts of speech for Megillot

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

megillot popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

megillot usage trend in Literature

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