Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jewie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jew-ie
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus; a type of mulloway.

Australian usage

noun

Diminutive of Jew.

Example Sentences

"So they started talking about capital punishment and of course Bloom comes out with the why and the wherefore and all the codology of the business and the old dog smelling him all the time all the time I'm told those Jewies does have a sort of a queer odour coming off them for dogs about I don't know what all deterrent effect and so forth and so on."

Etymology

From jewfish + -ie (“diminutive suffix”), ultimately from jewel.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: jewfish

Usage

Australian usage

Inflected Forms

jewies (plural)

Synonyms

butterfish jew jewfish kabeljou mulloway Madagascar meagre

Questions

What does jewie mean?: A fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus; a type of mulloway.
Where does jewie come from?: From jewfish + -ie (“diminutive suffix”), ultimately from jewel.

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