| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| schlimazel |
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| SYLLABICATION: | schli·ma·zel |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  shl -mä z l |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also shli·ma·zel |
| NOUN: | Slang An extremely unlucky or inept person; a habitual failure. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Yiddish shlimazl, bad luck, unlucky person : Middle High German slimp, wrong + Yiddish mazl, luck (from Late Hebrew mazz l; see mazel tov).
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