Definition of Goyish

1. Adjective. Like a goy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Goyish

1. non-Jewish [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goyish

gownmakers
gownman
gownmen
gowns
gownsman
gownsmen
gowpen
gowpens
gox
goxes
goy
goyal
goyazite
goyim
goyisch
goyish (current term)
goys
gozzan
gozzans
gozzard
gozzards
gp120
gp160 processing protease
gp4l
gr
gr/scf
gr8
graafian
graal
graals

Literary usage of Goyish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"Should any Jew become Christian, his orthodox brethren of Slavonic antecedents are said to insist that his features assume a " goyish," or ..."

2. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"... goyish; tail black, crossed by several white bars. These are graceful and active birds, feeding largely upon small rodents, and occasionally small birds ..."

3. Birds of the Kotzebue Sound Region, Alaska by Joseph Grinnell (1900)
"A little later the plumage of the upper parts is moulted, and at the same time the buffy breast and abdomen changes to goyish-white with the yellow breast ..."

4. Year Book of the Central Conference of American Rabbis by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1911)
"... spread forthwith the most abominable falsehoods regarding his character and his "goyish mode of living." (Orient 1841, No. 22). ..."

5. He Usually Lived with a Female: The Life of a California Newspaperman by George Garrigues (2006)
"She would always be an "alien Jewish girl" to him, as he would always be an "alien goyish ..."

6. A Departure from the Script: A Novel by Rochelle Hollander Schwab (2002)
"But Rose had never forgiven her for stating the obvious — that Dan, with his classic features, sky-blue eyes and sandy hair, looked more like a goyish movie ..."

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