dybbuk

1. 1.

   (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior

   Synonymsdibbuk

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   folklore · Judaism

Other forms of dybbuk

plural

dybbukkim

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dybbuk

What does dybbuk mean?

dybbuk means "(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior".

How many syllables are in dybbuk?

dybbuk has 2 syllables: dyb-buk. The stress falls on "dyb".

What is another word for dybbuk?

Close synonyms include dibbuk. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dybbuk a common word?

dybbuk is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.