DYBBUK

dybbuk, dibbuk

(noun) (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body’s behavior

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

dybbuk (plural dybbuks or dybbukim)

A malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

6 May 2025

HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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