Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Yiddish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Yiddish \Yid"dish\, n. [G. j["u]disch, prop., Jewish, fr. Jude
Jew. See {Jew}, {Jewish}.]
A language used by German and other Jews, being a Middle
German dialect developed under Hebrew and Slavic influence.
It is written in Hebrew characters.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Yiddish
n : a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other
words; spoken as a vernacular by European Jews [syn: {Yiddish}]
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