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'''''Shiksa''''' ({{lang-yi|שיקסע|translit=shikse}}) is an often disparaging<ref name="Merriam">{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shiksa |title=Shiksa | Definition of shiksa by Merriam-Webster |publisher=Merriam-webster.com |accessdate=May 22, 2016 }}</ref> term for a ] woman or girl. The word, which is of ] origin, has moved into ] usage (as well as ] and ]), mostly in ]n ]. According to the '']'', it came into English usage in the late 19th century from the Yiddish ''shikse'', which is an adaptation of the ] word ''šiqṣâ'', which is derived from ''sheqeṣ'' ("a detested thing") and the feminine suffix ''-â''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Shiksa |encyclopedia=Oxford English Dictionary |year=2009 |version=Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-956383-8 }}</ref> |
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'''''Shiksa''''' ({{lang-yi|שיקסע|translit=shikse}}) is an often disparaging<ref name="Merriam">{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shiksa |title=Shiksa | Definition of shiksa by Merriam-Webster |publisher=Merriam-webster.com |accessdate=May 22, 2016 }}</ref> term for a ] woman or girl. The word, which is of ] origin, has moved into ] usage (as well as ] and ]), mostly in ]n ]. According to the '']'', it came into English usage in the late 19th century from the Yiddish ''shikse'', which is an adaptation of the ] word ''šiqṣâ'', which is derived from ''sheqeṣ'' ("a detested thing") and the feminine suffix ''-â''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Shiksa |encyclopedia=Oxford English Dictionary |year=2009 |version=Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-956383-8 }}</ref> |
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Among ], the term may be used to describe a Jewish girl or woman who fails to follow Orthodox religious precepts.<ref name="Merriam" /> The equivalent term for a non-Jewish male, used less frequently, is ].<ref name=FAQ/> |
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Among ], the term may be used to describe a Jewish girl or woman who fails to follow Orthodox religious precepts.<ref name="Merriam" /> The equivalent term for a non-Jewish male, used less frequently, is ].<ref name=Kaiser>{{cite web |url=http://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/anti-non-semitism-an-investigation-of-the-shiksa |title=Anti-non-Semitism: An Investigation of the Shiksa |first=Menachem |last=Kaiser |date=March 6, 2013 |work=] |accessdate=May 22, 2016 }}</ref> |
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==Etymology== |
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==Etymology== |
The dictionary definition of shiksa at Wiktionary