judaic
/d͡ʒuˈdeɪ̯.ɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to the Jews, their culture or their religion.
Example Sentences
- "While many consider Chanukah a celebration of Judaic values over Greek values, this is an error. The Maccabees were fighting for the rights of all cultures to exist within the same empire."
- "The gods' begettings in the Theogony are reminiscent of the biblical human begettings in the Old Testament and emphasize their being in nature, unlike the Judaic God outside of it."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French judaique (modern French judaïque) and its etymon Latin iūdaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαϊκός (Ioudaïkós), ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “Judah”). By surface analysis, Juda + -ic.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: iūdaicus, Ἰουδαϊκός, יְהוּדָה