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malsín

Inherited from Old Spanish, a slang term spread in the 14th century from the Jewish quarters, borrowed from Hebrew מַלְשִׂין (malshín, “informer”), from the root of לָשׁוֹן (lashón, “tongue”). Cognate with Portuguese malsim, which is even rarer.

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c. 1910Modern Hebrew

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