shiksa

shiksa
or shikse noun Etymology: Yiddish shikse, feminine of sheygets non-Jewish boy, from Hebrew sheqeṣ blemish, abomination Date: 1872 1. often disparaging a non-Jewish girl or woman 2. a Jewish girl or woman who does not observe Jewish precepts — used especially by Orthodox Jews

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