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Meaning of payess in English:

payess

plural noun

mainly North American

  • Uncut sideburns worn by Orthodox Jewish men.

    • ‘my cousins wear black coats and long payess’

Pronunciation

payess

/ˈpeɪəs/ /ˈpʌɪəs/

Origin

Yiddish peyes, from Hebrew pē'ōṯ ‘corners’ (see Lev. 19:27).