Definition of "yeshivish" []

• A mix of English, Yiddish, Hebrew, and other languages spoken by many Orthodox Jews. (adjective)
• Relating to a Yeshiva. (adjective)
• Relating to the culture of Haredi Jews. (adjective)

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• "Baltimore's Orthodox community is very largely "yeshivish" or "black hat," two insider terms referring to non-Hasidic Jews who are stricter in their observance than Modern Orthodoxy."
• "I think the fact that TOV exists in the first place speaks to the very heart of the issue - it is comprised of "yeshivish" people who have decided to make a statement and move away from the path Gimmel is taking, as you say."
• "One comment is written in such "yeshivish" that I thought it was intended as a spoof until I saw that the writer is a Torah Reader at a synagogue in the Hamptons:"