Etymology

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Today it means: A young Talmudic prodigy or genius. Full definition →

Hebrew עִילּוּי
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromעִילּוּי“prodigy”
  2. English todayillui

From Hebrew עִילּוּי (ilúi, “prodigy”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.