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Vinony

Jew

proper noun

  1. member of the Jewish people
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuː/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English Jew, Giu, Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus (“Judean (i.e. Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea”). Doublet of Yid. Displaced Old English Iūdēisċ.

  1. Jewish.

    “Whenever a Jew nose casts its sinister shadow over the register, the hotel-keeper suddenly discovers that his hostelry is full to overflowing, and profoundly, but firmly, regrets his inability to receive any more guests.”

    “"Started that Jew country on top of everything else, and then all hell broke loose ever since."”

name

Etymology: From Middle English Jew, Giu, Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus (“Judean (i.e. Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea”). Doublet of Yid. Displaced Old English Iūdēisċ.

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Transferred use of Jew.

  1. The jewfish.

    “The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.”

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Jew (“a Jewish person”).

    “It is jews behind the campaign to destroy it, admits WND house jew. Just as we WN have said all along.”

phrase

  1. Pronunciation spelling of d' you, representing colloquial English.
  2. Pronunciation spelling of 'd you, representing colloquial English.

    “How jew do that? ("How'd you do that?")”

verb

Etymology: Transferred use of Jew.

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Jew.

    “'You're jewing me on the price, right? Well get this and get it good, I don't get jewed. Not by anybody.' Dan, who had lost the toss and taken the call, wished John a Merry Christmas. The advent of Christmas compounded their problems.”

    “Nevertheless, decisions used to be rendered based on long-honored White traditions or "precedent," and supported by reason and logic. In today's jewed system, by contrast, one is more apt to read a legal opinion which cites U.N. resolutions or jewish sociologists than Black's Law Dictionary.”