nebbish
[ neb-ish ]
/ ˈnɛb ɪʃ /
noun Slang.
a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.
Origin of nebbish
1890–95; < Yiddish
nebekh poor, unfortunate, probably < Slavic; compare Czech
nebohý poor; spelling with
-sh perhaps < Western Yiddish forms of the word
OTHER WORDS FROM nebbish
neb·bish·y, adjectiveWords nearby nebbish
Example sentences from the Web for nebbish
In his own photos, Savader looks like your average Beltway nebbish: pasty, bespectacled, bad hair.
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