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payess

payess is the alternative form of peot.

Meaning of peot

Noun

peot pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews.
    • With box or beads or peyiss, / Let each do his own thing.1968, Jewish Currents, volume 22, page 18
    Synonyms:
    sidecurl

Questions about payess

What is payess the alternative form of?
Payess is the alternative form of peot.

Words near payess in the dictionary

  1. payer
  2. Payerbach
  3. payers
  4. Payes
  5. Payeses
  6. payess
  7. payest
  8. payetan
  9. payetanim
  10. payeth
  11. Payette

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Adapted from Wiktionary: payess (page history and authors); peot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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