Jewisher

Adjective

Jewish (comparative Jewisher or more Jewish, superlative Jewishest or most Jewish)

1. Following the religion of Judaism.
   • There are many Jewish people in France.

   Synonyms:

   Judaic

   Antonyms:

   gentile, goyish, non-Jewish, un-Jewish

2. Of or relating to Jews, their ethnicities or cultures.
   • I tried some traditional Jewish food yesterday.

   Synonyms:

   heebish, Israelite, Jew, Jewy, kikeish, kikey, Yiddish

   Antonyms:

   gentile, goyish, non-Jewish, un-Jewish

3. (dated, derogatory, offensive) Greedy, miserly.
   • "Vanity!" ſays ſhe, haughtily, "What is vanity in you, ſir, is propriety in me. You aſk a Jewiſh price for it, Mr. Graves; but have it I will, if only to ſpite Mr. Eſmond."1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. […] , volume III, London: […] Smith, Elder, & Company, […], →OCLC, page 155
4. Yiddish.
   • The roots of American Jewry are not in the Middle East but in Europe—their Jewish style, their strong Jewish words, their strong nostalgia, their actual, weighable history, all this issues from their European origins. Grandpa did not hail from Haifa—he was a Jewish humanist, a spiritual, believing...1993, Philip Roth, Operation Shylock, page 47

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