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megillah
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Megillah (, scroll) may refer to:
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account; "he insisted on giving us the whole megillah" (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim [also: megilloth (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context Judaism English) any of the Five Scrolls of the Hebrew Scriptures (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther) 2 (context Judaism specifically English) the Book of Esther Etymology 2 n. Any long, boring story.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"long, tedious, complicated story," 1957, from Yiddish (as in a gantse Megillah "a whole megillah"), literally "roll, scroll," collective name of the five Old Testament books appointed to be read on certain feast days, from Hebrew meghillah , from galal ...
Usage examples of megillah.
She sat with her family, listening to the reading of the Megillah, the ancient scroll telling of the girl who hid her identity when she became a queen, but found the courage to reveal the truth and unmask a villain when her people were threatened.
One of them, the Book of Esther, is the original whole megillah in the slang sense.