NOUN | communication | megillah | (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account |
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communication | Megillah | (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther |
Meaning | (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account. | |
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Example | "he insisted on giving us the whole megillah" | |
Category | Yiddish | A dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words |
Broader | report, account | The act of informing by verbal / verbal / verbal report |
Meaning | (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim. | |
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Category | Judaism | The monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud |
Broader | scroll, roll | A document that can be rolled ... / rolled up (as for storage) |
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