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unkosher

adj

Etymology

From un- + kosher.

  1. derived from כָּשֵׁר
  2. borrowed from כּשר
  3. formed as unkosher — “un- + kosher”

Definitions

  1. Not kosher.

    • There are, according to Penansky, 4,000 ways a mezuzah can be "unkosher" (illegitimate): the parchment may tear or curl, a letter may have weakened.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unkosher. 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