megillah
11megillah — (meh GIL lah) [Yiddish: scroll; Hebrew: the Book of Esther] An overly detailed account or narrative; an unnecessarily lengthy explanation. The President and First Lady wanted it to be less of a megillah Time, January 20, 1997 …
12megillah — noun (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account he insisted on giving us the whole megillah • Topics: ↑Yiddish • Hypernyms: ↑report, ↑account …
13Megillah (Talmud) — For other uses, see Megillah (disambiguation). Megillah is the tenth Tractate of Mishnah in the Order Moed. It and its Gemara deal with the laws of Purim and offers exegetical understandings to the Book of Esther. It also includes laws concerning …
14megillah — noun /məˈɡɪlə/ a) Any of the Five Scrolls of the Hebrew Scriptures (Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Esther) to be read on certain days, especially Esther read at the festival of Purim. b) Any long, boring story …
15megillah — n. (Hebrew) scroll of religious writings; lengthy detailed explanation (Slang) …
16megillah — me·gil·lah …
17Megillah — Мегилла …
18megillah — me•gil•lah or me•gil•la [[t]məˈgɪl ə[/t]] for 2also Heb. [[t]mə giˈlɑ[/t]] n. pl. gil•lahs or gil•las, Heb. gil•loth, gil•lot [[t] giˈlɔt[/t]] 1) cvb sts Slang. a) a lengthy explanation or account b) a tediously complicated matter 2) jud… …
19Megillah — noun (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim • Topics: ↑Judaism • Hypernyms: ↑scroll, ↑roll …
20the whole megillah N. Amer. — the whole megillah N. Amer. informal something in its entirety. → Megillah …
