n. Offensive, pl., goy·im (goi'ĭm), or goys.
Used as a disparaging term for one who is not a Jew.
[Yiddish, from Hebrew gôy, Jew ignorant of the Jewish religion, non-Jew.]
goyish goy'ish adj.
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