Frum

//fɹʊm// adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pious, observant; committed to obeying all the laws of Judaism. Judaism

    "I learned all about the role of the kibbutz in Israeli life. Not to mention the role of the Arab, the artist, the woman, the socialist and the frum Jew."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Yiddish.
  2. 2
    A surname from Yiddish [in turn originating as a patronymic], having a father Afrom (“Abraham, Abram”)

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haredi

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"According to David Frum, the US Republican Party staged a convention which was their most listless and most joyless in twenty years, but Elizabeth Warren characterized that convention as the nastiest and most divisive in half a century."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “pious”). Related to German fromm and Dutch vroom.

Etymology 2

* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “religious, pious, observant”) * As a German surname, spelling variant of Fromm.

Etymology 3

From Yiddish אברם (afrom), from Hebrew אברם from אברהם. Doublet of Abram.

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