tsulokhes

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Pronunciations

tsulokhes (tseh-LAW-khiss) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Spite.

Example Sentences

  • "From the moment when Jews in the Middle Ages started speaking 'German' to one another, they were speaking German aftselakhis [out of spite], German to spite the Germans, a German that Germans would not understand, full of words that every German knew that were being used to conceal attitudes and ideas that, when not actively offensive to Christians, could hardly be considered endearing." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y צולהכעיס tsulokhes

      • 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

      tzulokhes, tsuloches, tzuloches, tselokhes, tseloches, tzelokhes, tzeloches

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