medakdeik
Pronunciations
| medakdeik | (mi-DAHK-dayk) | listen |
Definitions
adj. Thorough, precise, exact.
Example Sentences
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"She was very medakdeik in her dissertation research—every source was precisely quoted and referenced."
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"The Torah was the center of Rav Yechiel’s life and from a young age, he was noheig to be extremely medakdeik in halacha and was makpid al kalah k’chamura." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
מדקדק
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
- Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow
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Alternative Spellings
medakdek, m'dakdeik
Notes
See also baal dikduk.
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