foyl

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Pronunciations

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Definitions

  • adj. Lazy.

  • adj. Rotten, putrid.

Example Sentences

  • "My grandmother Anna Soltzberg (née Seiger) occasionally called her grandchildren foyl (lazy)." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • פֿויל foyl

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      foil

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