Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: peot
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews.

Example Sentences

"With box or beads or peyiss, / Let each do his own thing."
"'Manny? Sweet? Manny doesn't do sweet.' 'Every man does sweet, Max. Even weird ones with payess.'"
"He showed me the items in his den, or “trophy room” — the cardboard cutout of Sinatra wearing Jewish payos, the portrait of King made entirely of jelly beans, his Emmy for Lifetime Achievement."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew פֵּאוֹת (pe'ót) or Yiddish פּאות (peyes).

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: פּאות

Inflected Forms

payess (alternative) pais (alternative) payis (alternative) payiss (alternative) payos (alternative) payot (alternative) payoth (alternative) peos (alternative) peyes (alternative) peyiss (alternative)

Synonyms

sidecurl

Questions

What does peot mean?: Sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews.
Where does peot come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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