schlimazel

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Definition of schlimazel in English English dictionary

A chronically unlucky person

{i} (Yiddish) shlimazel, very unlucky person, incompetent person

(Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything

Hyphenation

schli·ma·zel

Etymology

() Yiddish שלימזל (shlimazl), from Middle High German slim (“crooked”) and Hebrew מזל (mazzāl, “luck”)