Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bubbe meise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bubbe meise
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An old wives' tale; a fairytale.

Example Sentences

"If you look ahead to the second book of the Maccabees, you will see that Judah did not embrace the life of the tzaddik […] No, Judah discovered […] that war, not holiness, is good business. He spent the years after the Maccabean victory pillaging whatever small settlements happened to strike his fancy. So if some Hebrew school teacher feeds you full of bubbemeises about the Jews only having enough sacred oil to light the eternal flame for one day […] don't believe it for a minute."

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish באָבע־מעשׂה (bobe-mayse).

Inflected Forms

bubbe meises (plural) bube meise (alternative)

Questions

What does bubbe meise mean?: An old wives' tale; a fairytale.
Where does bubbe meise come from?: Borrowed from Yiddish באָבע־מעשׂה (bobe-mayse).

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