Ghettoish
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Characteristic of the ghetto, or of being from a ghetto.
"It is the perception of this as contrasted with the somewhat ghettoish aspect of our orthodox schools, institutions and synagogues, that tends so much to estrange American born and bred Jewish youths and maidens from their ancestral faith."
Example
More examples"It is the perception of this as contrasted with the somewhat ghettoish aspect of our orthodox schools, institutions and synagogues, that tends so much to estrange American born and bred Jewish youths and maidens from their ancestral faith."
Etymology
From ghetto + -ish.
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