SINCE 1828
aggadist
noun
ag·ga·dist
| \ ə-ˈgä-dist
, ä-, -ˈgȯ-\
, ä-, -ˈgȯ-\
variants:
or less commonly haggadist \ hə-ˈgä-dist
, hä- , -ˈgȯ- \
, hä- , -ˈgȯ- \
plural aggadists
also haggadists
Definition of aggadist
: a writer, scholar, or teacher of Aggadah
As well as being a great expounder of the oral law, he was a prolific and profound aggadist.— Judith Z. Abrams, The Talmud for Beginners, Volume 2, 1993
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