golem

[ goh-luhm, -lem ]

noun
  1. Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.

  2. a stupid and clumsy person; blockhead.

  1. an automaton.

Origin of golem

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; (via Yiddish goylem ) from Biblical Hebrew gōlem “something wrapped together, shapeless mass; embryo”

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golem

/ (ˈɡəʊlɛm) /


noun
  1. (in Jewish legend) an artificially created human being brought to life by supernatural means

Origin of golem

1
from Yiddish goylem, from Hebrew gōlem formless thing

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