פּאַשקעוויל
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Yiddish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- פּאַשקוויל (pashkvil)
- פּאַסקוויל (paskvil)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Polish paszkwil, from the French pasquil, from Italian pasquinata. Cognate to English pasquinade (“a satire or lampoon”).[1]
Noun[edit]
פּאַשקעוויל • (pashkevil) m, plural פּאַשקעווילן (pashkeviln)
- slanderous document; spoof, caricature
- a poster or broadside in a Haredi community; a pashkevil
References[edit]
- ^ On Language by Philologos: A Nude Who Inspired Modesty. Jewish Daily Forward, August 01, 2003.