afikomen
or a·fi·ko·man
[ ah-fee-koh-muh n ]
/ ˌɑ fiˈkoʊ mən /
noun Judaism.
a piece of matzo broken off from the center one of the three matzoth set before the leader of a Seder: it is hidden by the leader and later searched for by the children, with the finder, usually the youngest, receiving a reward.
Origin of afikomen
1890–95; < Yiddish
afikoymen < Hebrew
aphīgōmān < Greek
epikṓmion revel, noun use of neuter of
epikṓmios of a revel, equivalent to
epi-
epi- +
kôm(os) revel +
-ios adj. suffix
Words nearby afikomen
afibrillar,
afibrinogenemia,
aficionada,
aficionado,
afield,
afikomen,
afire,
afis,
afk,
afl,
afl-cio
Example sentences from the Web for afikomen
Afterward, Cooper found the afikomen (for $10) and let Elijah in for his glass of booze.