Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A skullcap worn by Jewish men and boys, especially those adhering to Orthodox or Conservative Judaism.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer)
Etymologies
- Yiddish, from Polish and Ukrainian yarmulka, possibly from Turkish yağmurluk, rain clothing, from yağmur, rain. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Leo Rosten claims that the word "yarmulke" comes from the Tatar word for skullcap.”
The Huffington Post: Rabbi Jason Miller: Kippah Your Head Covering Outta My Office
“He always wore a kipa -- that is Hebrew; the Yiddish word is "yarmulke" -- the traditional Jewish head covering.”
““Adam Beckerman,” Lord Havelock called, and a fair amount of boys nudged one another and whispered as Adam stepped forward with his chin held high and his small circular hat he’d told Henry on the train that this was called a yarmulke clearly visible.”
“* Also commonly known as yarmulke (or variations thereof) and kapul.”
“The NBA Cap -- like the NFL Cap as it was -- is a soft cap; a "yarmulke" that teams can maneuver around if willing to pay the tax.”
The Huffington Post: Andrew Brandt: Could LeBron's Power Play Happen in the NFL?
“There's all the typing, and sitting, and mouse-clicking, and more typing, and sometimes I even have to look up words like "yarmulke" in the dictionary.”
“HPFacebookVoteV2. init (246716, 'Why I (Sometimes) Don\'t Wear A Kipah*', '* Also commonly known as yarmulke (or variations thereof) and kapul.”
“Saltzman is still wearing a yarmulke, which is appropriate to his religious beliefs, but which makes him look very foreign and strange to Anibal Gonzalez, who himself looks foreign and strange to a lot of people on the Cape, even though he’s an expert cabinetmaker.”
“It's one thing if you're black and everyone calls you "boy"; it's another if you're Jewish and people think the yarmulke is a little silly.)”
““Shabbat shalom,” responds the man, whose black sateen yarmulke stands up, tentlike, on his balding head.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘yarmulke’.
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[Open] “What’s that on your head?”
Headgear: “anything worn on the head” (that isn’t part of the head). Hats are fine, but for a more detailed, wider selection of fashionable hats in all colors and sizes, please see Reese Tee’s li...
goggles, wig, headdress, cap, hackamore, halter, bridle, beanie, turban, hat, crown, chapeau and 126 more...
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Not 250 Spelling Words Again
Yet more spelling words for intermediate to advanced spellers.
kyoodle, heimin, feis, menarche, cordwainer, gherao, zythum, accidie, anastomosis, boustrophedon, oleum, penicillin and 238 more...
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Ecclesiastical Vestments
Names of articles of clothing and paraphernalia worn by or pertaining to the clergy in former and modern times. Trappings, uniforms, call them what you will. Because the term dog collar, once-remov...
mitra pretiosa, auriferata, chasuble, phelonion, plicata, garment, amphibalus, amphibalum, casula planeta, casula, tunicle, maniple and 109 more...
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Words with unusual spellings or pronu...
Herein are listed words with oddball spellings and words whose pronunciation does not reflect the spelling.
eleemosynary, Wednesday, colonel, posslq, zaqqum, qwerty, cinquefoil, qibla(h), minuscule, Cholmondeley, polyphloisboian, ptisan and 67 more...
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phrontistery-y
from phrontistery.info
yabba, yabby, yachty, yad, yaff, yaffingale, yag, yager, yahrzeit, yair, yajna, yakhdan and 63 more...
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names of hats
liripipe, cowl, capuchon, liripipium, snood, bonnet, toque, turban, poke, toboggan-cap, crown, fedora and 72 more...
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hats and headgear
Everything hats,things with hoods,hoods,scarves,crowns,useful
adjectival forms,hat expressions,
alternate spellingsbabushka, balaclava, bamoral, baseball cap, beanie, bearskin, beaver hat, beret, billycock, biretta, boater, bobble hat and 422 more...
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Hats Off!
trilby, porkpie, panama, fedora, pillbox, stovepipe, turban, boater, ball cap, pastorella, beret, bowler and 219 more...
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kirstenio's Words
lascivious, transcendant, phantasmagoria, salacious, beatitude, solitude, pseudo, pretentious, inanity, sublimation, clobber, obscurity and 186 more...
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Infinite Jest
Words taken from Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
prorector, monograph, post-fourier, snuffle, rototremble, creatus, enfilade, subanimalistic, balletic, espadrilles, leonine, cirri and 1153 more...
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Mary and Max (2009)
Words from 2009 'Mary and Max' film.
muddy, puddle, birthmark, piggyback, pensive, gumnut, pompom, salvage, takeaway, oven, shed, deliberate and 112 more...
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...another list...
I've no idea where I got this page full of words, but whatever it is, I want to find it again. May have duplicate words from other lists.
bicameral, aphelion, dirigible, parhelion, flocculus, vernier, corticate, oxalis, pandanus, calabash, plumbago, jonquil and 217 more...
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Words that are fun to say
stipple, carbuncle, dongle, exemplar, misbegotten, gigolo, salubrious, jupiter, propinquity, piglet, tobogganing, supercilious and 309 more...
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Dress Me Up, But Don't Dress Me Down
muslin, hennin, houndstooth, moccasin, paisley, aglet, stomacker, poncho, sarong, kilt, middy, camisole and 25 more...
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yolex's list
epitome, dollop, minions, quiddity, opaque, erupt, consort, yarmulke, khabiboulin, conundrum, serendipity, superfluous and 4 more...
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Vestments
The garb according to canon.
vestment, canonicals, gown, robe, cassock, surplice, alb, pallium, cope, scapulary, dalmatic, stole and 23 more...
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