Associations to the word «Megillah»

Wiktionary

MEGILLAH, noun. (Judaism) any of the Five Scrolls of the Hebrew Scriptures (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther)
MEGILLAH, noun. (Judaism) (specifically) the Book of Esther
MEGILLAH, noun. Any long, boring story.

Dictionary definition

MEGILLAH, noun. (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account; "he insisted on giving us the whole megillah".
MEGILLAH, noun. (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley