פּאַשקעוויל

Yiddish

Alternative forms
  • פּאַשקוויל‎ (pashkvil)
  • פּאַסקוויל‎ (paskvil)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish paszkwil, from the French pasquil, from Italian pasquinata. Cognate to English pasquinade (“a satire or lampoon”).[1]

Noun

פּאַשקעוויל • (pashkevil) m, plural פּאַשקעווילן‎ (pashkeviln)

  1. slanderous document; spoof, caricature
  2. a poster or broadside in a Haredi community; a pashkevil

References
  1. On Language by Philologos: A Nude Who Inspired Modesty. Jewish Daily Forward, August 01, 2003.
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