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Yiddishism

Yiddishism proper noun: the Yiddishist movement.

Proper noun

Yiddishism

  1. The Yiddishist movement.

Noun

Yiddishism (plural Yiddishisms)

  1. (rhetoric) A word or phrase that is characteristically Yiddish but used in another language.
    • Is this term indeed derived from Tanach or other holy books? Or is it just a nonsensical "Yiddishism" that kind of made it through the generations from grandmothers to their kids?2024 January 11, Yehuda, Stack Exchange, archived from the original on 29 May 2024

Forms of Yiddishism

pluralYiddishisms

Origin of Yiddishism

From Yiddish + -ism.

Questions about Yiddishism

What does Yiddishism mean?
Yiddishism means the Yiddishist movement.
What part of speech is Yiddishism?
Yiddishism can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Yiddishism in the dictionary

  1. Yiddishers
  2. Yiddishise
  3. Yiddishised
  4. Yiddishises
  5. Yiddishising
  6. Yiddishism
  7. Yiddishisms
  8. Yiddishist
  9. Yiddishistic
  10. Yiddishists
  11. Yiddishize

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