Complete Definition of "dybbuk"

English

Noun
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dybbuk or dibbuk

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

Etymology
From Hebrew ��ק (dovek), through Yiddish, meaning cling.

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The Oxford English Dictionary

Category:Yiddish derivations

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