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Yiddishisms

Yiddishisms is the plural of Yiddishism.

Meaning of Yiddishism

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

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Questions about Yiddishisms

What is Yiddishisms the plural of?
Yiddishisms is the plural of Yiddishism.

Words near Yiddishisms in the dictionary

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

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