From Middle English Jew, Giu, Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus (“Judean (i.e. Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea”). Doublet of Yid. Displaced Old English Iūdēisċ.
Meanings
(derogatory, offensive, slang) Jewish.
"Started that Jew country on top of everything else, and then all hell broke loose ever since." 2002, T. A. Baran, Galyat, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 121:
Whenever a Jew nose casts its sinister shadow over the register, the hotel-keeper suddenly discovers that his hostelry is full to overflowing, and profoundly, but firmly, regrets his inability to receive any more guests. 1888, Telemachus Thomas Timayenis, The American Jew: An Exposé of His Career, Minerva Publishing Company, page 23:
From Middle English Jew, Giu, Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus (“Judean (i.e. Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea”). Doublet of Yid. Displaced Old English Iūdēisċ.
Meanings
An adherent of Judaism.
Both Jews and Muslims refrain from eating pork.
A member or descendant of the Jewish people.
A young Australian Jew engaged on the trip of a lifetime finally arrives in the homeland of his people. 1996 March 1, The Australian Jewish News, Melbourne, page 33, column 1:
The local gazetteers of Xiangfu district, Kaifeng prefecture, and Henan province⁵ mention a surprisingly large number of Kaifeng Jews and their successes in Chinese society with dates. 1998, Donald Daniel Leslie, “Chinese Native Sources”, in Jews and Judaism in Traditional China: A Comprehensive Bibliography (Monumenta Serica Monograph Series), volume XLIV, Nettetal, Germany: Steyler Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 42:
The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery. 2024 October 13, Reuters, “Centuries-old mystery of Christopher Columbus’s true origins revealed in study”, in CNN:
Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs
dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with
the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject
to the same diseases, heal'd by the same means,
warm'd and cool'd by the same winter and summer
as a Christian is? c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
The wrongs of a Jew are not lightly forgotten, for the race can both love and hate. 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
There are Jews who consider themselves White and Jews who are people of color. 2023 April 4, Harmeet Kaur, “What does it mean to be Jewish in the US?”, in CNN:
Many Jews eat bagels.
(derogatory) A miserly or greedy person; a cheapskate.
“Jesus, Williams, you're such a Jew,” Jimmy said in an annoyed, high-pitched tone. “Have you ever just paid a check, or do you always make an ass of yourself?” 2010, Matthew S. Hiley, Hubris Falls, page 111:
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faith) · ro evreică (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · be габрэ́й (person of the Jewish faith) · be жыд (person of the Jewish faith) · lt žydas (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · kk яһуди (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ug يەھۇدى (person of the Jewish faith) · ro jidancă (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · da jødinde (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · kw 'Edhow (person of the Jewish faith) · sh Židkinja (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ar يَهُودِيّ (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · izh jevree (person of the Jewish faith) · hi यहूदिनी (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · kw Yedhowes (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · rsk Жидовка (person of the Jewish faith) · pam Udyu (person of the Jewish faith) · mt Lhudi (person of the Jewish faith) · bg евре́ин (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · car Simosu (person of the Jewish faith) · be жыдо́ўка (person of the Jewish faith) · nb jødinne (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ko 유태인 (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · crd leeswip (person of the Jewish faith) · ja ユダヤ人 (person of the Jewish faith) · izh juutalain (person of the Jewish faith) · sk Židovka (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · arc יְהוּדִית (person of the Jewish faith) · sh Jevrej (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · cu июдѣи (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · el Ισραηλίτισσα (person of the Jewish faith) · he יְהוּדִי (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · fa-ira یَهودی (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · it ebrea (person of the Jewish faith) · izh jevree (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · fr juif (person of the Jewish faith) · nds-de Judin (person of the Jewish faith) · fr Juive (person of the Jewish faith) · da jøde (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · izh žiidalain (person of the Jewish faith) · it giudea (person of the Jewish faith) · fi juutalainen (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · tg яҳудӣ (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sv jude (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ckb جوولەکە (person of the Jewish faith) · nds-de Juudsche (person of the Jewish faith) · az yəhudi (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · uk жид (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ro jidancă (person of the Jewish faith) · fa-ira جُهود (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · nds-de Juudsch (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · cs Žid (person of the Jewish faith) · ja 猶太人 (person of the Jewish faith) · ky еврей (person of the Jewish faith) · rsk Єврей (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · yi ייִד (person of the Jewish faith) · got 𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌿𐍃 (person of the Jewish faith) · yi ייִד (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · uk іуде́й (person of the Jewish faith) · tr Musevi (person of the Jewish faith) · es judía (person of the Jewish faith) · tk musaýy (person of the Jewish faith) · el Εβραία (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · pt hebreu (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sh Жид (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ru евре́й (person of the Jewish faith) · nl Jood (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · nl jodin (person of the Jewish faith) · sl Žid (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ka ებრაელი (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · cy Iddewes (person of the Jewish faith) · ky жуу (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · kab tudayt (person of the Jewish faith) · sw Myahudi (person of the Jewish faith) · uz yahudiy (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · uk юде́йка (person of the Jewish faith) · izh juutalain (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ca jueu (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · he יהודיות (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ru евре́йка (person of the Jewish faith) · uk євре́й (person of the Jewish faith) · nn jødinne (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sh Jevrejin (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · el Εβραία (person of the Jewish faith) · az yəhudi (person of the Jewish faith) · tk musaýy (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · cy gwŷr Efrai (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · pdt Jud (person of the Jewish faith) · lv žīdene (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sh Jevrej (person of the Jewish faith) · sh Јеврејка (person of the Jewish faith) · ps يهودي (person of the Jewish faith) · hu zsidó (person of the Jewish faith) · km ជ្វីស (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · es judío (person of the Jewish faith) · sq çifut (person of the Jewish faith) · he יְהוּדִים (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ur یَہُودی (person of the Jewish faith) · bg евре́йка (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · he יהודיות (person of the Jewish faith) · kab uday (person of the Jewish faith) · is gyðingur (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sl Žid (person of the Jewish faith) · sv jude (person of the Jewish faith) · lo ຄົນຢິວ (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · tk ýehudy (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · mn еврей (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sh Јевреј (person of the Jewish faith) · ru иуде́йка (person of the Jewish faith) · be юдэ́йка (person of the Jewish faith) · ce жуьгти (person of the Jewish faith) · it giudeo (person of the Jewish faith) · be яўрэ́йка (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ca jueva (person of the Jewish faith) · ro evreu (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · uk євре́йка (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · nds-de Juudsche (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · th คนยิว (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · oc josieu (person of the Jewish faith) · be яўрэ́й (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sl Židinja (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · hi यहूदी (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · tk ýewreý (person of the Jewish faith) · ps يهود (person of the Jewish faith) · sh Žid (person of the Jewish faith) · be яўрэ́йка (person of the Jewish faith) · uk іуде́йка (person of the Jewish faith) · lo ຢິວ (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · lb Judd (person of the Jewish faith) · rsk Жидовка (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · lt žydė (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · nb jøde (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · tt яһүд (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · de Jude (person of the Jewish faith) · sh Јевреј (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · nds-de Juudsch (person of the Jewish faith) · fo jødi (person of the Jewish faith) · tg яҳудизан (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · lv ebrejiete (person of the Jewish faith) · ps يهودي (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ang Iūdēisċ (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · br Yuzev (person of the Jewish faith) · fr Juif (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sh Жидовка (person of the Jewish faith) · sl Židinja (person of the Jewish faith) · km ជនជាតិជ្វីហ្វ (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · lt žydas (person of the Jewish faith) · orv жидъ (person of the Jewish faith) · th ยิว (person of the Jewish faith) · ady джурт (person of the Jewish faith) · izh juuti (person of the Jewish faith) · fy joadinne (person of the Jewish faith) · km ជ្វីហ្វ (person of the Jewish faith) · ru жидо́вка (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ckb جولەکە (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · th ยิว (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · kw Yedhow (person of the Jewish faith) · be яўрэ́й (person of the Jewish faith) · orv жидовинъ (person of the Jewish faith) · kk яһуди (person of the Jewish faith) · sv judinna (person of the Jewish faith) · et juut (person of the Jewish faith) · pa ਯਹੂਦੀ (person of the Jewish faith) · mk Евреј (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · cy Iddew (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · cy Iddew (person of the Jewish faith) · my ဂျူး (person of the Jewish faith) · srn Dyu (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · nn jødinne (person of the Jewish faith) · lo ຄົນຢິວ (person of the Jewish faith) · af Jood (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · lt žydė (person of the Jewish faith) · sh Жидовка (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · mnc ᡳᠣᡩᡝᠶᠠ ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ky жөөт (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · he יְהוּדִי (person of the Jewish faith) · oj zhoodaa (person of the Jewish faith) · oj zhoodaawinini (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ro jidan (person of the Jewish faith) · rsk Єврей (person of the Jewish faith) · nb jødinne (person of the Jewish faith) · fr Juif (person of the Jewish faith) · sk Židovka (person of the Jewish faith) · lv ebrejs (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · th ชาวยิว (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · bg евре́йка (person of the Jewish faith) · be жыд (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · lad djudío (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · be габрэ́йка (person of the Jewish faith) · pnb یہودی (person of the Jewish faith) · sh Јеврејка (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · de Jude (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · hi यहूदिनी (person of the Jewish faith) · cu жидовинъ (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · pl żydówka (person of the Jewish faith) · sh Јеврејин (person of the Jewish faith) · lad djudío (person of the Jewish faith) · grc Ῐ̓ουδαῖος (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · be юдэ́й (person of the Jewish faith) · ru евре́йка (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · nog жуьйт (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · tr Çıfıt (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · yue 猶太人 /犹太人 (person of the Jewish faith) · hy հրեա (person of the Jewish faith) · lt judėjas (person of the Jewish faith) · be габрэ́й (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · vi người Do thái (person of the Jewish faith) · es judías (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · pt judeu (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sl Jud (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sl Judinja (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · lad djudía (person of the Jewish faith) · pam Udyu (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ar يَهُودِيَّة (person of the Jewish faith) · th คนยิว (person of the Jewish faith) · jdt жугьур (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · uz yahudiy (person of the Jewish faith) · izh žiidalain (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sh Židkinja (person of the Jewish faith) · be іўдзе́йка (person of the Jewish faith) · vo yudan (person of the Jewish faith) · eo hebreo (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · orv жидинъ (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · fa-ira جُهود (person of the Jewish faith) · sq çifut (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · rsk Єврейка (person of the Jewish faith) · fy joad (person of the Jewish faith) · fo gýðingur (person of the Jewish faith) · pl Żyd (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ckb جوو (person of the Jewish faith) · axm ջհուտ (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · io Judo (person of the Jewish faith) · nb jøde (person of the Jewish faith) · cmn 猶太人 /犹太人 (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ar يَهُودِيَّة (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sv judinna (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · id Yahudi (person of the Jewish faith) · sh Жид (person of the Jewish faith) · prs جُهُود (person of the Jewish faith) · tl Hudyo (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sk Žid (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · eo judismano (person of the Jewish faith) · ht jwif (person of the Jewish faith) · orv жидинъ (person of the Jewish faith) · kw 'Edhowes (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ar يَهُودِيّ (person of the Jewish faith) · he יְהוּדִים (person of the Jewish faith) · my ဂျူး (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sh Jevrejka (person of the Jewish faith) · hu zsidó (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sh Жидов (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · uk юде́й (person of the Jewish faith) · kw 'Edhowes (person of the Jewish faith) · cy Iddewes (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · rsk Жид (person of the Jewish faith) · el Εβραίος (person of the Jewish faith) · nn jøde (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ms Yahudi (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · de Jüdin (person of the Jewish faith) · ur یَہُودِنی (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · tk ýehudy (person of the Jewish faith) · tr Yahudi (person of the Jewish faith) · orv жидъ (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · tt яһүд (person of the Jewish faith) · dsb Žyd (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · chr ᎠᏧᏏ (person of the Jewish faith) · gl xudeu (person of the Jewish faith) · rgn abràj (person of the Jewish faith) · vo yudan (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · mn жүүд (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ml ജൂതൻ (person of the Jewish faith) · id Yahudi (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · roa-opt judeu (person of the Jewish faith) · sl Jud (person of the Jewish faith) · vi người Do thái (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · cmn 猶太人 /犹太人 (person of the Jewish faith) · de Jüdin (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · arc יְהוּדִיָּה (person of the Jewish faith) · se juvddálaš (person of the Jewish faith) · sw wayahudi (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sh Žid (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ko 유대인 (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sk Žid (person of the Jewish faith) · ur یَہُودْنی (person of the Jewish faith) · shi uday (person of the Jewish faith) · ky жөөт (person of the Jewish faith) · eo judo (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · be іўдзе́й (person of the Jewish faith) · lv žīds (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · kab uday (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · la iudaeus (person of the Jewish faith) · lv ebrejiete (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · km ជ្វីហ្វ (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · be жыдо́ўка (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · he יְהוּדִית (person of the Jewish faith) · el Εβραίος (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · da jødinde (person of the Jewish faith) · akk 𒆳𒅀𒌑𒁕𒀀𒀀 (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · el Ισραηλίτης (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ko 유대인 (person of the Jewish faith) · ca jueu (person of the Jewish faith) · da jøde (person of the Jewish faith) · ee Yudatɔ (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · kn ಯೆಹೂದ್ಯ (person of the Jewish faith) · nan-hbl 猶太人 /犹太人 (person of the Jewish faith) · sh Jevrejka (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · kw 'Edhow (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ur یَہُودِنی (person of the Jewish faith) · ms Yahudi (person of the Jewish faith) · car Simosu (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · tum muYuda (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · gd Iùdhach (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sl Judinja (person of the Jewish faith) · nds-de Juud (person of the Jewish faith) · cs Židovka (person of the Jewish faith) · sh Židov (person of the Jewish faith) · ta யூதர் (person of the Jewish faith) · sh Жидов (person of the Jewish faith) · cs Žid (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sh Židovka (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · uk жидо́вка (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · tk ýewreý (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · cu жидъ (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · et juut (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · nds-de Juud (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · hi यहूदी (person of the Jewish faith) · gd Iùdhach (person of the Jewish faith) · ro jidan (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · mk Евре́јка (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · uk євре́йка (person of the Jewish faith) · oj zhoodaawinini (person of the Jewish faith) · kw Yedhowes (person of the Jewish faith) · km ជ្វីស (person of the Jewish faith) · srn Dyu (person of the Jewish faith) · ba йәһүд (person of the Jewish faith) · th ชาวยิว (person of the Jewish faith) · ug يەھۇدى (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · be габрэ́йка (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sh Жидкиња (person of the Jewish faith) · te యూదు (person of the Jewish faith) · ky еврей (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · hy հրեա (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · bn ইহুদি (person of the Jewish faith) · lv jūds (person of the Jewish faith) · pt judia (person of the Jewish faith) · ee Yudatɔ (person of the Jewish faith) · nds-de Judin (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · he יְהוּדִית (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · pl żyd (person of the Jewish faith) · fr juive (person of the Jewish faith) · sh Židovka (person of the Jewish faith) · jdt жугьур (person of the Jewish faith) · pt judeu (person of the Jewish faith) · prs یَهُودِی (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ka ებრაელი (person of the Jewish faith) · hak 猶太人 /犹太人 (person of the Jewish faith) · es judíos (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · it ebreo (person of the Jewish faith) · ur یَہُودْنی (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · sh Жидкиња (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ur یَہُودی (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ru жид (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · rsk Єврейка (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · fr Juive (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ga Giúdach (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · lo ຢິວ (person of the Jewish faith) · enm Jew (person of the Jewish faith) · sh Jevrejin (person of the Jewish faith) · prs یَهُودِی (person of the Jewish faith) · el Ισραηλίτης (person of the Jewish faith) · prs جُهُود (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ang Iūdēisċ (person of the Jewish faith) · ru евре́й (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · kw Yedhow (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · el Ισραηλίτισσα (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · fa-ira یَهودی (person of the Jewish faith) · oj zhoodaa (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ro evreu (person of the Jewish faith) · ja ユダヤ人 (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · bg евре́ин (person of the Jewish faith) · rgn ebrèj (person of the Jewish faith) · eo hebreo (person of the Jewish faith) · ce жуьгти (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · mt Lhudi (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · xag 𐕛𐔰𐕖𐔰𐕙 (person of the Jewish faith) · es judío (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · orv жидовинъ (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · es judía (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · enm Jeu (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · kab tudayt (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ca jueva (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · kmr cihû (person of the Jewish faith) · bn ইহুদি (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ast xudíu (person of the Jewish faith) · uk євре́й (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · nl jood (person of the Jewish faith) · nl Jodin (member or descendant of the Jewish people) · ba йәһүд (member or descendant of the Jewish people)
From Middle English Jew, Giu, Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus (“Judean (i.e. Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea”). Doublet of Yid. Displaced Old English Iūdēisċ.
From Middle English Jew, Giu, Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus (“Judean (i.e. Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea”). Doublet of Yid. Displaced Old English Iūdēisċ.
Meanings
(offensive, transitive) To make (more) Jewish.
Queering the Jew and Jewing the Queer [by] Ri J. Turner. Editor's Note: Interlaced with personal narrative, Ri Turner's essay contributes to an ongoing discussion within Jewish gender studies concerning the relationship between Jewishness and queerness and factors the term genderqueer into both sides of the equation. 2014 August 19, Noach Dzmura, Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community, North Atlantic Books, →ISBN, page 48:
In both cases, the Jews used Blacks as political
weapons to wreck healthy White countries. 2014 March 15, rebcar...@gmail.com, “Jewing of South Africa”, in soc.culture.israel (Usenet):
1991, E. Sicher, The Jewing of Skylock: Wesker's "The Merchant" (MLS 21 (1991), 57–69)
Portia's “Jewing” of Shylock has long been noticed by many critics. For an early example see, for example, the anonymous essay “shylock the Jew-ed,” Temple Bar 45 (1875): 65–70. 45. These words have potentially “commercial” etymologies,[…] 2010 August 31, William N. West, Renaissance Drama 38, Northwestern University Press, →ISBN, page 111:
(ambitransitive, offensive) To haggle or swindle in order to obtain a better deal (from someone).
Jew me, sue me, everybody do me / Kick me, kike me, don't you black or white me. 1995, Michael Jackson, “They don't really care about us”:
Then that bastard Keith showed up and did something even worse than Jewing me out of my pay: he blew the living freaking crap out of the one and only stereotype I still had to hold on to. He thanked me for my hard work,[…] 2013 December 13, Frank Meeink, Jody Roy, Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead: The Frank Meeink Story as Told to Jody M. Roy, Ph.D., Hawthorne Books, →ISBN:
I just feel like you are Jewing me out of my money. I never asked you to give me anything the entire time that you were not working. Your mom told me that you got a lot of money from the insurance that Warren gave you. 2009 August 1, Scott Gann, For a Minute, I Lost Myself: The Past and Present of a Schizophrenic, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 455:
They stops you on the sly in the streets, and tells you to call at their house at sitch a hour of the day, and when you goes there they smuggles you quietly into some room by yourselves, and then sets to work Jewing away as hard as they can, prizing up their own things, and downcrying yourn. 1864, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor:
In the neighborhood I grew up in, it was common for haggling over price to include the admonition “stop Jewing me!” Even as children, we would say this. It goes without saying that this was an insensitive term[…] 2020 March 31, Julius Bailey, Racism, Hypocrisy, and Bad Faith: A Moral Challenge to the America I Love, Broadview Press, →ISBN: