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kosherness

noun

Etymology

From kosher + -ness. Attested since the 20th century.

  1. derived from כָּשֵׁר
  2. borrowed from כּשר
  3. suffixed as kosherness — “kosher + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being kosher.

    • If perchance she finds an egg already covered by a shell, she must at once consult the shochet to determine its kosherness.
    • Each package is neatly wrapped in cellophane and dated to insure freshness, also bearing the strict endorsement of Rabbi Jacob Pikelny as to kosherness.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for kosherness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA