jewish
IPA: dʒˈuɪʃ
Root Word: Jewish
noun
- (non-native speakers' English, proscribed) A Jew.
- (informal, proscribed) The Yiddish or Hebrew language.
adjective
- Being a Jew, or relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture.
- Yiddish.
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Examples of "jewish" in Sentences
- He was of the Jewish faith.
- The actual enhances the Jewish guilt.
- Mailman was the son of Jewish immigrants.
- It serves the needs of the Jewish diaspora.
- It is similar to the Jewish angelic hierarchy.
- That is the epoch of the modern Jewish calendar.
- The Jewish quarter is at the bottom of the image.
- Claim that 'The Jewish Chronicle' is disreputable.
- It is an anachronism for the time of the Jewish Revolt.
- European countries have recently seen attempts to proscribe Jewish religious practice.
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