SCHLEMIEL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler

Synonyms:

schlemiel; shlemiel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)