Dictionary

peot en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew פֵּאוֹת (pe'ót) or Yiddish פּאות (peyes).

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-only) Sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews.
   • With box or beads or peyiss, / Let each do his own thing. 1968, Jewish Currents, volume 22, page 18:
   • 'Manny? Sweet? Manny doesn't do sweet.' 'Every man does sweet, Max. Even weird ones with payess.' 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights:
   • He showed me the items in his den, or “trophy room” — the cardboard cutout of Sinatra wearing Jewish payos, the portrait of King made entirely of jelly beans, his Emmy for Lifetime Achievement. 2015 August 29, Mark Leibovich, The New York Times:

Forms

Hypernyms

sidelocks

Synonyms

sidecurl

Translations (12)

tr peyes (sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews) · uk пе́йси (sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews) · cs pejzy (sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews) · ru пе́йсы (sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews) · fr papillote (sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews) · he פֵּאוֹת (sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews) · pl pejs (sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews) · tr zülüf (sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews) · tr peyot (sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews) · de Schläfenlocken (sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews) · yi פּאות (sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews) · nb jødekrøller (sidelocks worn by Hasidic and Orthodox male Jews)