shlimazel

or shli·ma·zl

[ shli-mah-zuh l ]
/ ʃlɪˈmɑ zəl /

noun

schlimazel.

Words nearby shlimazel

shiʿah, shiʿite, shkodër, shlemiel, shlep, shlimazel, shlock, shlocky, shloshim, shlub, shluh

Definition for shlimazel (2 of 2)

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