15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their

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sgraffito [It; pi. sgraffiti], decoration of frescoes or pottery by scratching
through an outer layer of stucco or plaster to show a different-colored
ground; graffito decoration: fine arts.
shabash! [Hind], bravo! well done!
shadchen [Yiddish], marriage broker; matchmaker.
shahin or shaheen [Hind & Ar], Indian falcon.
shaitan [Hind & Ar], Satan; the Devil; an evil spirit; colloq., a devilish
person or animal.
shaktha [Beng], worshiper of Kali: India.
shalom [Heb], peace; hello; goodbye.
shaman [Russ], medicine man or priest in Siberian or North American
Indian tribes.
shamianah or shamiyanah [Hind & Pers], awning; canopy; large tent,
with open sides: India.
shammes [Yiddish], a caretaker of a synagogue.
sharab [Hind & Ar], wine; spirit: generic word.
shashlyk [Russ], kebob; shashlik.
shegetz [Yiddish; pi. shkotzim], non-Jewish boy. Cf. SHIKSA.
sheik [Ar shaikh], lit., old or venerable man; tribal leader.
sher [Hind & Pers; fern, sherni], tiger.
shereef or sherif [Ar], Muslim prince, chieftain, or high dignitary.
shibboleth [Heb], lit., a stream; a custom or use of language distinctive
of a particular group; slogan.
shikar [Hind], hunting, esp. of big game; chase; also, game; booty.
shikari [Hind], indigenous hunter, esp. of big game; sportsman: India.
shikata ga nai [Jap], what's the use: expression of resignation; you can't
fight city hall.
shikker [Yiddish], n. a drunk; adj. drunk.
shiksa [Yiddish], non-Jewish girl. Cf. SHEGETZ.
shintiyan [Ar shintïan], a type of loose trousers worn by Muslim women.
shizoku [Jap], the military or landed-gentry class of modern Japan,
corresponding to the Samurai; the upper middle class, between the
kuwazoku or nobles and the heimin or common people; also, a member
of this class. Cf. SAMURAI.
shkola [Russ], school.
shlep [Yiddish], to carry or pull with effort; drag, move slowly; drag
one's heels. —shlepper or schlepper, a person of no importance.
shlock [Yiddish], shoddy or defective merchandise.
shlump [Yiddish], a crude, careless, or unclean person; a slob.
shmaltz [Yiddish]. Same as SCHMALTZ.
shmendrik [Yiddish], a timid, ineffectual person; a fool.
shmooz [Yiddish], a long, friendly chat; also, a verb for intimately
chatting.
shoji [Jap], slides of wood and paper, or of glass, enclosing a room in
a Japanese house; movable partitions.