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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.
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