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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 bunglerplay

  Familiarity information: SCHLEMIEL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCHLEMIEL (noun)


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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