zayde
Contents
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Yiddish זיידע (zeyde, “grandfather”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪdi
Alternatively
- Rhymes: -eɪdə
Noun[edit]
zayde (plural zaydes)
- (Jewish) grandfather
- 1974, Fran Ross, Oreo →ISBN page 207:
- Perhaps, in these circumstances, he would greet his granddaughter as a zayde should, with love and affection.
- 1974, Fran Ross, Oreo →ISBN page 207:
- (Jewish) elderly man (as a term of respect)
- 3 November 1975, John Simon, review of Lies My Father Told Me, New York Magazine page 74:
- The zayde is, as the hoary formula demands, gruff on the outside but wonderful to his horse and David...
- 1997, Susan Berrin, A Heart of Wisdom →ISBN page 200:
- To many people, the phrase "Jewish elderly" still conjures up images of bearded zaydes with yarmulkes...
- 3 November 1975, John Simon, review of Lies My Father Told Me, New York Magazine page 74:
References[edit]
- OED 2006
