Maskil
Americannoun
PLURAL
MaskilimOther Word Forms
- Maskilic adjective
Etymology
Origin of Maskil
From the Hebrew word maśkīl literally, enlightened
Example Sentences
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Being free of all care, he becomes a Maskil.
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On the strength of what he is a Maskil, it is hard to tell—enough that people should consider him one!
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As I heard later, the Maskil took me for another Maskil, and was sure that I should lodge with him, or, at any rate, that he would be my first entry.
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Ha-ha-ha!" laughs the Maskil loudly and thickly, "you can get the Tishewitz donkeys to believe that, but you won't get me!
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"In order to prove that the Jews—" But the Maskil does not allow me to finish my sentence.
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