Schlemiel Definition
zhləmēl
noun
A habitual bungler; a dolt.
American Heritage
An ineffectual, bungling person who habitually fails or is easily victimized.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Schlemiel
Noun
Singular:
schlemiel
Plural:
schlemielsOrigin of Schlemiel
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Yiddish shlemíl perhaps from Hebrew šəlūmî’ēl my well-being is God, Shelumiel (a character in the Bible, Numbers 7:36) šəlūmî my well-being (šālôm well-being šlm in Semitic roots) (-î my) ’ēl God ℵl in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Yiddish שלימיל (shlimil).
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