megilloth

me·gil·lah

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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 megilloth word

noun plural megilloth 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 megilloth (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 megilloth Plural form of megillah. 1
noun megilloth plural of megillah. 0

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Origin of megilloth

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 Megilloth

noun

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preposition

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exclamation

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megilloth 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.

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