feygele

English

Alternative forms

• faygele, faygeleh, feygeleh, fegele, fegeleh, faygelah

Etymology

From Yiddish פֿייגעלע (feygele), a diminutive of פֿויגל (foygl, “bird”), from Old High German fogal. Cognate with English fowl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feɪɡələ/

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

feygele (plural feygeles)

1. (dated) A little bird.
2. A man who is or who is thought to be homosexual.
   • 1999 September 24, cor...@frogger.telerama.com, “Our Commodification”, in soc.motss‎^[1] (Usenet):

     When will they introduce a scantily clad, ultrabuff, humpa-hunka burn'n all-man studflesh to give us feigellas a reason to watch?

3. A very young girl.