schlemiel
schlemiel
Definition
☆ schle·miel (s̸hlə mēl′)
noun
Slang an ineffectual, bungling person who habitually fails or is easily victimized
Etymology: W Yiddish shlemil < Heb shelumiel, name of a tribal chief (see Num. 1:6), identified in the Talmud with a prince who met an unfortunate end
Browse dictionary entries near schlemiel
- Schleiermacher
- Schlegel
- schizzy
- schizothymia
- schizopod
- schizophyte
- schizophrenic
- schizophrenia
- schizont
- schizoid
- schlep
- Schlesinger
- Schleswig
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Schliemann
- schlieren
- schlock
- schlockmeister
- schlump
- schmaltz
