yid

[ yid ]

/ yɪd /

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noun Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.

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Origin of yid

1885–90; <Yiddish yidJew; compare Middle High German jude, jüde

usage note for yid

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

Words nearby yid

YHVH, YHz, yi, Yibin, Yichang, yid, yidaki, Yiddish, Yiddisher, Yiddishism, Yiddishkeit

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How to use yid in a sentence

You put the id back in Yid, Portnoy instructed, and you come to understand the “oy” in goy.
Who Is Philip Roth’s Portnoy Satirizing?|Bernard Avishai|August 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In the assemblies of lords and influential men, the Say-yid occupies the chief seats, and are always served first.
Modern Persia|Mooshie G. Daniel
He cannot forbear from seeing the counterpart of the Peabody Yid in imperial Rome.
Hilaire Belloc|C. Creighton Mandell
A Say-yid's punishment must come through the leader of that order.
Modern Persia|Mooshie G. Daniel

I once met a Say-yid in my father's vineyard and he asked a portion.
Modern Persia|Mooshie G. Daniel
The Say-yid's turban is to them more precious than a kingly crown.
Modern Persia|Mooshie G. Daniel

British Dictionary definitions for yid

yid

/ (jɪd) /

noun

offensive, slang a derogatory word for a Jew

Word Origin for yid

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

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