leymener goylem

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Definitions

  • n. A dummy.

Example Sentences

  • "In 1614, it is reported that the Jews had produced a 'hamor golim,' taken by some to mean a golem with the head of a donkey, possibly resembling Shakespeare’s character Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (first performed in 1595). Bottom certainly has all the characteristics of a Yiddish leymener goylem, that is, someone whose dominating quality is a malleable idiocy." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y לײמענ|ער גולם leymener goylem, lit. 'a clay goylem'

      • 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

      laymener goylem, laymener golem, laymener goilem, leymener golem, leymener goilem

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