shiksa

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shiksa

  • /ˈʃɪksə/

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

noun shiksas · schicksa · shicksa · shickse · shikse · shikseh

  1. 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.
  2. derogatory A sexually promiscuous gentile woman.

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noun non-Jewish girl

Españolshikse, shiksa
Françaisshiksa, shikse
DeutschSchickse, Schicksel (Schicksl n)
Русскийши́кса šíksa
עבריתשיקסה shíkse

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@misc{shiksa_2026,
  title = {shiksa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shiksa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}