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shiksa

UK/ˈʃɪksə/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

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Origin

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

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