Sheitel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈʃaɪtəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sheitel is a noun meaning (Judaism) A wig worn by married Orthodox Jewish women.
Meaning
(Judaism) A wig worn by married Orthodox Jewish women.
More Meanings
- (Polari) A wig (of any kind).
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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: […]
Word Forms
- sheitels
- sheitl
- sheytel
- sheytl
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shpitzel, shtreimel, tichel, peot, streimel, kittel.
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