afikomen
or a·fi·ko·man
[ ah-fee-koh-muhn ]
/ ˌɑ fiˈkoʊ mən /
noun Judaism.
a piece of matzo broken off from the center one of the three matzoth set before the leader of a Seder: it is hidden by the leader and later searched for by the children, with the finder, usually the youngest, receiving a reward.
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Origin of afikomen
1890–95; <Yiddish afikoymen<Hebrew aphīgōmān<Greek epikṓmion revel, noun use of neuter of epikṓmios of a revel, equivalent to epi-epi- + kôm(os) revel + -ios adj. suffix
Words nearby afikomen
afibrillar, afibrinogenemia, aficionada, aficionado, afield, afikomen, afire, AFIS, fish out of water, a, AFK, AFL
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Example sentences from the Web for afikomen
Afterward, Cooper found the afikomen (for $10) and let Elijah in for his glass of booze.