shegetz

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Yiddish שייגעץ (sheygets), from Hebrew שֶׁקֶץ (šeqeṣ, “abomination”).

Noun

shegetz (plural shkotzim or shegetzes)

  1. (sometimes derogatory) A gentile, a non-Jewish male.
    • 1969, Philip Roth, “The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life”, in Portnoy’s Complaint‎, New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 216:
      And where is she now, that find! Hello, Pumpkin! Making some lucky shaygets a wonderful wife out there in middle America?

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References
  1. Fred Kogos, Dictionary of Yiddish Slang and Idioms (1968, →ISBN
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