payessn.

Brit.

/ˈpeɪəs/,

/ˈpʌɪəs/, U.S.

/ˈpeɪəs/

Forms:

α. 1800s poitzen, 1900s– payasan.

β. 1800s piyos, 1800s pyous, 1800s– payas, 1900s– payess, 1900s– payos, 1900s– peies, 1900s– peyas, 1900s– peyiss.

γ. 1900s– payot, 1900s– peyot.

Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymons: Yiddish peyes, peye.

Etymology: < Yiddish peyes, plural of peye side-lock (in colloquial use also interpreted as a singular, with plural peyesn) < Hebrew pē'āh corner (plural pē'ōṯ: Leviticus 19:27, rendered in the King James Bible (1611) as ‘Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou marre the corners of thy beard’; perhaps symbolic of the corners of the fields that, according to other parts of the Law, were to be left ungleaned to ensure nourishment to the widows, orphans, and strangers).In α. forms after the colloquial Yiddish plural form peyesn; in γ. forms directly after the Hebrew plural form pē'ōṯ.

Usually with plural agreement. Long locks of hair hanging down in front of the ears, worn by Hasidic and Orthodox Yemenite male Jews.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > lock or locks > [noun]

lockeOE

forelockc1000

hair-lockc1000

earlockOE

foretopc1290

tressc1290

lachterc1375

fuke1483

sidelock1530

proudfallc1540

widow's locka1543

folding1552

fore-bush1591

flake1592

witch knot1598

tuft1603

French lock1614

head-lock1642

witch-lock1682

rat's tail1706

side-curl1749

scalp knot1805

rat-tail1823

straggler1825

scalping-tuft1826

scalp-lock1827

aggravator1835

soap-lock1840

payess1845

stringleta1852

list1859

tresslet1882

drake's tail1938

1845 tr. in Jewish Chron. 17 Oct. 7/2 All Jews..must adopt the garb of Christians..without the Jarmolka..and likewise without Poitzen (the long side locks of hair, which by many reach down to the girdle, and are regarded by the Jews of that region as sacred and inviolable).

1881 Jewish Chron. 25 Mar. 10/1 Everyone knows the story of the Pole who obtained a pair of false Payas so that he might appear in them in Prussian Posen and evade the scissors in Russian Wilna.

1898 I. Zangwill Dreamers of Ghetto iv. 144 Even the Piyos, or ear-lock, hung again down the side of the face.

1936 Menorah Jrnl. 24 231 Seated around tables..were some fifty Chassidim, old bearded men with ‘peyas and shtreimel’.

1972 C. Potok My Name is Asher Lev viii. 207 ‘He is a prodigy, Anna. A prodigy in payos.’ ‘Payos?’..‘The hair you are gaping at, the earlocks.’

1993 H. Jacobson Roots Schmoots iv. 72 I..am struck by..how many ways there are of wearing payess, the sideburn-locks which advertise the separation of the very devout from merely the devout.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	payess
释义	payessn. Brit. /ˈpeɪəs/, /ˈpʌɪəs/, U.S. /ˈpeɪəs/ Forms: α. 1800s poitzen, 1900s– payasan. β. 1800s piyos, 1800s pyous, 1800s– payas, 1900s– payess, 1900s– payos, 1900s– peies, 1900s– peyas, 1900s– peyiss. γ. 1900s– payot, 1900s– peyot. Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymons: Yiddish peyes, peye. Etymology: < Yiddish peyes, plural of peye side-lock (in colloquial use also interpreted as a singular, with plural peyesn) < Hebrew pē'āh corner (plural pē'ōṯ: Leviticus 19:27, rendered in the King James Bible (1611) as ‘Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou marre the corners of thy beard’; perhaps symbolic of the corners of the fields that, according to other parts of the Law, were to be left ungleaned to ensure nourishment to the widows, orphans, and strangers).In α. forms after the colloquial Yiddish plural form peyesn; in γ. forms directly after the Hebrew plural form pē'ōṯ. Usually with plural agreement. Long locks of hair hanging down in front of the ears, worn by Hasidic and Orthodox Yemenite male Jews. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > lock or locks > [noun] lockeOE forelockc1000 hair-lockc1000 earlockOE foretopc1290 tressc1290 lachterc1375 fuke1483 sidelock1530 proudfallc1540 widow's locka1543 folding1552 fore-bush1591 flake1592 witch knot1598 tuft1603 French lock1614 head-lock1642 witch-lock1682 rat's tail1706 side-curl1749 scalp knot1805 rat-tail1823 straggler1825 scalping-tuft1826 scalp-lock1827 aggravator1835 soap-lock1840 payess1845 stringleta1852 list1859 tresslet1882 drake's tail1938 1845 tr. in Jewish Chron. 17 Oct. 7/2 All Jews..must adopt the garb of Christians..without the Jarmolka..and likewise without Poitzen (the long side locks of hair, which by many reach down to the girdle, and are regarded by the Jews of that region as sacred and inviolable). 1881 Jewish Chron. 25 Mar. 10/1 Everyone knows the story of the Pole who obtained a pair of false Payas so that he might appear in them in Prussian Posen and evade the scissors in Russian Wilna. 1898 I. Zangwill Dreamers of Ghetto iv. 144 Even the Piyos, or ear-lock, hung again down the side of the face. 1936 Menorah Jrnl. 24 231 Seated around tables..were some fifty Chassidim, old bearded men with ‘peyas and shtreimel’. 1972 C. Potok My Name is Asher Lev viii. 207 ‘He is a prodigy, Anna. A prodigy in payos.’ ‘Payos?’..‘The hair you are gaping at, the earlocks.’ 1993 H. Jacobson Roots Schmoots iv. 72 I..am struck by..how many ways there are of wearing payess, the sideburn-locks which advertise the separation of the very devout from merely the devout. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1845
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