sheitel
/ˈʃaɪtəl/
sheitel noun: a wig worn by married Orthodox Jewish women.
Noun
sheitel (plural sheitels)
- A wig worn by married Orthodox Jewish women.
- I keep wanting to put her in a sheitel, the wig that every Orthodox Jewish wife is supposed to wear in order to prevent a man not her husband from lusting after her in his heart.2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 196
- Many even have their sheitel professionally styled: according to the New York Times, a Madison Avenue salon that specializes in sheitel grooming charges at least $600 for the service: […]2022, Richard Thompson Ford, Dress Codes […] , Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 288
- A wig (of any kind).
- Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 137
Forms of sheitel
| plural | sheitels |
|---|---|
| alternative form | shaytel |
| alternative form | sheitl |
| alternative form | sheytel |
| alternative form | shaytl |
| alternative form | sheytl |
Origin of sheitel
From Yiddish שייטל (sheytl), cognate to German Scheitel (“parting”).
Words that rhyme with sheitel
Questions about sheitel
- What does sheitel mean?
- Sheitel means a wig worn by married Orthodox Jewish women.
- What part of speech is sheitel?
- Sheitel is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sheitel?
- Sheitel is pronounced /ˈʃaɪtəl/.
- What is the plural of sheitel?
- The plural of sheitel is sheitels.
Words near sheitel in the dictionary
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