yiddishlike
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Rare spelling of Yiddish-like.
Example Sentences
- "“Chicken Soup,” 9:30 p.m., ABC, premieres Tuesday. Comedy. Yiddishlike Jackie Mason still sounds here like he just got off the boat. “I’m a wonderful poyson,” says Jewish carpet salesman Jackie Fisher (Mason), who lives with his mother (Rita Karin) while having a secret affair with Catholic Maddie Peerce (Lynn Redgrave), otherwise known as “the shiksa next door.”"
- "Practically no one could ignore the by now stock Jewish figures that they displayed: impecunious, shabbily dressed Ostjuden (eastern European Jews) displaying their own distinguishing signs and speaking a corrupt, Yiddishlike German; […]"
- "The children of the two families, with the help of the rabbi and other villagers, fool their parents into sharing the Seder, and peace is restored. This original story has a folktale flavor and a wry, Yiddishlike tone of voice."
Inflected Forms
more Yiddishlike (comparative)
most Yiddishlike (superlative)