Yiddish

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yiddish \Yid"dish\, n. [G. j["u]disch, prop., Jewish, fr. Jude
     Jew. See {Jew}, {Jewish}.]
     A language used by German and other Jews, being a Middle
     German dialect developed under Hebrew and Slavic influence.
     It is written in Hebrew characters.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Yiddish
       n : a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other
           words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews;
           written in the Hebrew script