shiksa

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women

Word Origin

shiksa (n.)
"gentile girl," in Jewish culture, dismissive or disparaging, 1892, from Yiddish shikse, from Hebrew siqsa, from sheqes "a detested thing" + fem. suffix -a.