Jewish

[ joo-ish ]

/ ˈdʒu ɪʃ /

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews or Judaism: Jewish customs.

Informal. Yiddish.

noun

Informal. Yiddish.

Origin of Jewish

1540–50; Jew + -ish¹; compare Old English iudēisc < Late Latin iudē(us) Jew + Old English -isc -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM Jewish

Jew·ish·ly, adverb an·ti-Jew·ish, adjective half-Jew·ish, adjective non-Jew·ish, adjective

pre-Jew·ish, adjective pro-Jew·ish, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for jewish

“I have to think her body type played a role,” said Rachel Greenblatt, a Lecturer in Jewish Studies at Harvard University.

Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America? |Emily Shire |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Even the hot Jewish women I mentioned above did something a bit more “intellectual” than pageantry: acting.

Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America? |Emily Shire |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Like most Jewish mothers, Myerson thought her daughter could do better.

Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America? |Emily Shire |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Many Jewish women have been accepted as conventional, mainstream hot.

Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America? |Emily Shire |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST

No Jewish woman has been crowned Miss America since Bess Myerson won in 1945.

Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America? |Emily Shire |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
The Book of Jonah was written directly in rebuke of one form of Jewish exclusiveness.

Expositor's Bible: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther |Walter Adeney
Great was the commotion stirred up against him in the Jewish community of Amsterdam.

Creed And Deed |Felix Adler
It was closely connected with the Jewish Therapeutæ of Egypt, and was the leading mystic order of the time.

Reincarnation and the Law of Karma |William Walker Atkinson
He was especially careful in behalf of the Jewish men because he knew that they were a minority and might otherwise be neglected.

A Jewish Chaplain in France |Lee J. Levinger
In these four primary characteristics the Jewish immigrants stand apart from all the others.

Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 |Samuel Joseph

British Dictionary definitions for jewish

Jewish

/ (ˈdʒuːɪʃ) /

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of Jews

noun

a less common word for Yiddish

Derived forms of Jewish

Jewishly, adverb Jewishness, noun

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adjective

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Jewish

adjective

noun

Origin of Jewish

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British Dictionary definitions for jewish

adjective

noun

Derived forms of Jewish