/meuh gil"euh/ ; for 2 also Seph. Heb. /meuh gee lah"/ , n. , pl. megillahs , Seph. Heb. megilloth, megillot /-gee lawt"/ .
1. Slang.
a. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not a whole megillah.
b. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
2. ( italics ) Hebrew. a scroll, esp. one containing the Book of Esther. Others are the Book of Ecclesiastes, the Song of Solomon, the Book of Ruth, and the Book of Lamentations.
Also, megilla .
[ 1950-55; megile lit., scroll magillah ]