ghettoish

English

Etymology

From ghetto +‎ -ish.

Adjective

ghettoish (comparative more ghettoish, superlative most ghettoish)

1. Characteristic of the ghetto, or of being from a ghetto.
   • 1911, Granville Stanley Hall, The Pedagogical Seminary, page 217:

     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.

   • 2008, Suzanne A. Glassé, Elegant Emma Trent, page 8:

     […] she sat down, waving her hands and acting ghettoish and defensive, but, before she could go any further with the drama, Emma stopped her.