Mitnagged
[ English, Ashkenazic Hebrew mis-nah-gid; Sephardic Hebrew meet-nah-ged ]
/ English, Ashkenazic Hebrew mɪsˈnɑ gɪd; Sephardic Hebrew mit nɑˈgɛd /
noun, plural Mit·nag·ge·dim [English, Ashkenazic Hebrew mis-nahg-dim; Sephardic Hebrew meet-nahg-deem]. /English, Ashkenazic Hebrew mɪsˈnɑg dɪm; Sephardic Hebrew mit nɑgˈdim/. Judaism.
a member of an Orthodox Jewish movement in central or eastern Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries that advocated an intellectual, legalistic approach to Judaism and opposed the emotional, mystical approach of the Hasidim.Compare Hasid (def. 1).
QUIZZES
THIS PSAT VOCABULARY QUIZ IS PERFECT PRACTICE FOR THE REAL TEST
In our third teacher-created PSAT practice test there are new and unique vocabulary terms you may have never heard of! Can you guess what they mean?
Question 1 of 10
seclusion
Origin of Mitnagged
1900–05; <Medieval Hebrew mithnaggēdh,Yiddish misnaged<Hebrew mithnaggēdh opposing, opponent
Words nearby Mitnagged
mitiglinide, Mitilíni, mitis, Mitla, Mitnaged, Mitnagged, Mito, mitochondria, mitochondrial DNA, mitochondrial Eve, mitochondrion
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021