Associations to the word «Purim»

Wiktionary

PURIM, proper noun. (Judaism) A Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a massacre.

Dictionary definition

PURIM, noun. (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman.

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