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Jewishish

Jewishish adjective: having the indefinite appearance of being Jewish; moderately or superficially Jewish.

Adjective

Jewishish (comparative more Jewishish, superlative most Jewishish)

  1. (informal, offensive, possibly) Having the indefinite appearance of being Jewish; moderately or superficially Jewish.
    • I rent this movie the other day. It's about this dark, brooding, Jewishish guy […]1991, Cynthia Heimel, If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?!, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 3

Forms of Jewishish

comparativemore Jewishish
superlativemost Jewishish

Origin of Jewishish

From Jewish + -ish.

Questions about Jewishish

What does Jewishish mean?
Jewishish means having the indefinite appearance of being Jewish; moderately or superficially Jewish.
What part of speech is Jewishish?
Jewishish is an adjective.

Words near Jewishish in the dictionary

  1. Jewish typewriters
  2. Jewish Zionism
  3. Jewisher
  4. Jewishes
  5. Jewishest
  6. Jewishish
  7. Jewishly
  8. Jewishness
  9. Jewishnesses
  10. Jewishy
  11. Jewism

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