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Definition of Mazeltov
1. used to express congratulations [interj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mazeltov
Literary usage of Mazeltov
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"mazeltov!” — Alfred Kazin, New Republic. 5 Feb. 1945 amidst the lifeless personages
who surround her —Robert Pick, Saturday Rev.. 31 Mar. ..."
2. The Garden of Desire: Love Sonnets to a Spanish Monk by Edna Worthley Underwood (1913)
"And then the little word with which it came, The Hebrew "mazeltov"—To you joy's
flame ! I hug it to my heart as they of yore Who heard it, perchance, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... another iL'.hority asserts that Rosa used to be known in common- parlance by
r>£ name of Rosa mazeltov (a Hebrew term for " good luck," Ciii/ Bonheur). ..."
4. Glimpses of a Strange World by Henry Sandé Stollnitz, University Press (Cambridge, Mass.) (1908)
"mazeltov! mazeltov!' — (Good luck! Good luck!) " cried he, trembling with excitement.
" This time I have struck it! It is you, your gentleness, your virtues ..."
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