apikores

noun

api·​ko·​res

variants or apikoros

ˌäpēˈkȯrəs

plural apikorsim

-rsə̇m

: a Jew who is lax in observing Jewish law or who does not believe in Judaism

also : skeptic, atheist

Word History

Etymology

Yiddish & Hebrew; Yiddish apikurus, from Hebrew apīqōrōs, from Greek Epikouros Epicurus

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