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SHLIMAZEL

Dictionary entry overview: What does shlimazel mean?

• SHLIMAZEL (noun)
The noun SHLIMAZEL has 1 sense:

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

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

Dictionary entry details

• SHLIMAZEL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

schlimazel; shlimazel

Hypernyms ("shlimazel" is a kind of...):

unfortunate; unfortunate person (a person who suffers misfortune)

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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