tallis
English
Noun
tallis (plural tallises or talleisim or tallisim or tallism)
- Alternative form of tallit
- 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, 1994, “The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life,” p. 202,
- […] the congregants struggle to touch their lips to some part of my new blue Ohrbach’s suit, while the old men press forward to touch their tallises to my sparkling London Character shoes.
- 2002, Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated, page 13:
- “The twins hid their bodies under their father's tallis, like ghosts.”
- 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, 1994, “The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life,” p. 202,
Usage notes
A variant primarily used by Ashkenazic Jews and Yiddish speakers.
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