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goy|gɔɪ|
Pl. goyim |ˈgɔɪjɪm|, goys. Fem. ˈgoyah.
[Heb. gōy people, nation, pl. gōyim.]
A Jewish designation of a non-Jew, a Gentile. Hence ˈgoyish (also goyisch, etc.) a., resembling, in the manner of, having the characteristics of, a goy.
Quot. 1835 may not belong here.
1835[see guy n.2 3 c]. 1841Borrow Zincali I. x. 159 The children of Roma and those of Israel..are..dispersed among the Gentiles, whom they hate and despise, under the names of Busnees and Goyim. 1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. vi. 158 The Goyah, which is literally heathen female, did everything required on the Sabbath. 1919F. Hurst Humoresque 205 A goy play-actor. Ibid., She reproaches me with having brought about this goy mix-up! 1931‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route vi. 64 Jewish hobos are so scarce that when business gets low the agencies will sometimes help the ‘goys’ or gentile hobos. 1940E. Pound Cantos lii. 11 Paying for a big jews' vendetta on goyim. 1950Penguin New Writing XL. 35 He would join the others in speaking derisively of the Dropper and his girl as a couple of Goys. 1959M. Levin Eva 32 My father..had spoken of the Austrians as..among the best of the goyim. 1959H. Slesar Grey Flannel Shroud (1960) viii. 125 My mother..never really approved of Sword's Point [a district]; it was a little too goyisher..for her. 1960Commentary Aug. 131 We got pros for the Yiddish parts and for the English roles I'm lining up all my goyishe friends. 1963Guardian 23 Dec. 4/5 It would certainly have gone against their Jewish grain..to follow so goyish a custom. 1964S. Bellow Herzog (1965) 28 A Christian lady came... Beside his bed, the goyische lady sat in her long skirts. |