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SCHLEMIEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does schlemiel mean?
• SCHLEMIEL (noun)
The noun SCHLEMIEL has 1 sense:
1. (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler
Familiarity information: SCHLEMIEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
schlemiel; shlemiel
Hypernyms ("schlemiel" is a kind of...):
simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)
Domain category:
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
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