Jewessyadj.
/ˈdʒuːᵻsi/, /ˈdʒuːɛsi/, /dʒuːˈɛsi/, U.S. /ˈdʒuəsi/ Chiefly derogatory and offensive.
Resembling or characteristic of a Jewish girl or woman; having characteristics attributed to a Jewish girl or woman.
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Jewessy1897
1897 Chambers's Jrnl. 18 Dec. 47/1 Fine-looking, fresh-complexioned, rather Jewessy, curly-haired girl.
1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement iv. 151 And there were two or three [girls] worth looking at, the flashy young Jewessy type.
2003 M. O'Brien Same Age as State (2004) iv. 131 I was aware of casual, social anti-Semitism in Dublin; I had heard ‘Jewessy’ used as a synonym for vulgar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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