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yid

[ yid ]

noun

, Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.


yid

/ jɪd /

noun

  1. offensive.
    a derogatory word for a Jew
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Sensitive Note

Although this is a highly offensive slur in English, the Yiddish word from which the English word derives is not derogatory.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yid1

1885–90; < Yiddish yid Jew; compare Middle High German jude, jüde
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yid1

C20: probably from Yiddish, from Middle High German Jude Jew
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Example Sentences

You put the id back in Yid, Portnoy instructed, and you come to understand the “oy” in goy.

In the assemblies of lords and influential men, the Say-yid occupies the chief seats, and are always served first.

He cannot forbear from seeing the counterpart of the Peabody Yid in imperial Rome.

A Say-yid's punishment must come through the leader of that order.

I once met a Say-yid in my father's vineyard and he asked a portion.

The Say-yid's turban is to them more precious than a kingly crown.

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