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adj
Pious, observant; committed to obeying all the laws of Judaism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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Synonyms: devoutful, heavenly-minded, godly, Allah-fearing, devout, frum, godfearing, inward, observant, pious, piteous, practicing, religionary, sainted, sanctimonious
Antonyms: none provided
name
A surname from Yiddish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A surname from Yiddish [in turn originating as a patronymic], having a father Afrom (“Abraham, Abram”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “pious”). Related to German fromm and Dutch vroom.
* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “religious, pious, observant”) * As a German surname, spelling variant of Fromm.
From Yiddish אברם (afrom), from Hebrew אברם from אברהם. Doublet of Abram.
Across languages
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