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zayde, n.
Brit. |ˈzeɪdə|, |ˈzeɪdi|, U.S. |ˈzeɪdə|, |ˈzeɪdi|
Forms: 19– zaida, 19– zaide, 19– zaidee, 19– zaideh, 19– zaider, 19– zaidy, 19– zayde, 19– zaydeh, 19– zayder, 19– zaydy, 19– zeida, 19– zeyde, 19– zeydeh, 19– zida; Also with capital initial.
[‹ Yiddish zey'de grandfather ‹ Polish dźiad grandfather, old man.]
A grandfather; an elderly man. Freq. as a respectful form of address or term of endearment. Cf. bubbe n.
1946M. Hadas tr. I. Elbogen Cent. of Jewish Life iii. 113 Mendele's style..became the model for most of his successors, in Hebrew as well as Yiddish, and they honored him as the Zayde (‘Grandfather’). 1976J. Rosenthal Bar Mitzvah Boy in Three Award-winning Television Plays (1978) 32 Grandad: A kiss for your Zaidy! How's the most ravishing granddaughter you could wish for? 1982M. Waddington Breaking Bread in Jerusalem in M. Waddington Canad. Jewish Short Stories (1990) 55 She turns and speaks to him in Yiddish, surprises herself by saying, ‘Zayde, tell me a story.’ 2001S. Paretsky Total Recall (2002) 513 My Zeyde, my Orthodox grandfather, had threaded his way through this warren with me. |