shiksa en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈʃɪksə/
Etymology
From Yiddish שיקסע (shikse), which is partly derived from the Hebrew שֶׁקֶץ (šeqeṣ, “abomination, impure, object of loathing”).
Meanings
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(Judaism, derogatory, often) A non-Jewish girl, especially one who is attractive and young.
A Shickse, that wasn't bad enough? What's worse, you ask? A black man? Well this daughter of mine had to find herself a black woman in order to spite me. That I should never rest easy in my grave.
1981 February 14, Andrea Loewenstein, “Voices in the Night”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 8:
- (derogatory) A sexually promiscuous gentile woman.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shickster | alternative | lexicographic | |
| shicksa | alternative | lexicographic | |
| schicksa | alternative | lexicographic | |
| shiksas | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| shakester | alternative | lexicographic | |
| shikse | alternative | lexicographic | |
| shikseh | alternative | lexicographic | |
| shickse | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (14)
pl siksa (non-Jewish girl) · es shikse (non-Jewish girl) · cs šikse (non-Jewish girl) · yi שיקסע (non-Jewish girl) · es shiksa (non-Jewish girl) · hu siksze (non-Jewish girl) · fr shiksa (non-Jewish girl) · fr shikse (non-Jewish girl) · pl sziksa (non-Jewish girl) · he שיקסה (non-Jewish girl) · nl sjikse (non-Jewish girl) · ru ши́кса (non-Jewish girl) · de Schickse (non-Jewish girl) · de Schicksel (Schicksl n) (non-Jewish girl)