khazerish

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Pronunciations

khazerish (KHAH-zur-ish) listen

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Definitions

  • adj. Swinish.

  • adj. Filthy.

Example Sentences

  • "Eating on the street is quite chazerish." (source)

  • "Mom would sometimes talk of the chazerish goyim, but she made many good friends." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y חזיריש khazerish

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      chazerish

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