schlimazel
or schli·mazl, shli·ma·zel, shli·mazl
[ shli-mah-zuh l ]
/ ʃlɪˈmɑ zəl /
noun Slang.
an inept, bungling person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.
Origin of schlimazel
1945–50; < Yiddish, equivalent to
shlim bad (compare Middle High German
slimp wrong) +
mazl luck < Modern Hebrew
mazzāl
Words nearby schlimazel
schlick,
schlieffen,
schliemann,
schlieren,
schlieren method,
schlimazel,
schlock,
schlockmeister,
schlocky,
schlong,
schloss