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comparative more Jewish, superlative most Jewish
Being a Jew, or relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture. quotations examples
The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity.
2009, Irene Silverblatt, “Foreword”, in Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew D. O'hara, editors, Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America, page xi
Yiddish. examples
plural Jewishes
(non-native speakers' English, proscribed) A Jew. quotations examples
The Statue of Liberty. A French gift with a poem made by a Jewish.
2022 November 26, ArgieSocDem, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-12-09
(informal, proscribed) The Yiddish or Hebrew language. quotations examples
I can't speak Jewish; I can't even understand it.
quoted in 1947, William Lloyd Warner, Leo Srole, The Social Systems of American Ethnic Groups (page 232)