shiksa

English

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Etymology

From Yiddish שיקסע (shikse), which is partly derived from the Hebrew שֶׁקֶץ (šeqeṣ, abomination, impure, object of loathing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɪksə/

Noun

shiksa (plural shiksas)

  1. (Judaism, often derogatory) A non-Jewish girl, especially one who is attractive and young.
    • 1981 February 14, Andrea Loewenstein, “Voices in the Night”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 8:
      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.
  2. (derogatory) a sexually promiscuous gentile woman.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiɡsa/ [ˈʃiɣ̞.sa]
  • Rhymes: -iɡsa
  • Syllabification: shik‧sa

Noun

shiksa f (plural shiksas)

  1. alternative form of shikse