schlimazel

== English == === Alternative forms === schlemazel, schlemozzle, schlimazl, shlimazel, shlimazl, shlemozzle === Etymology === Borrowed from Yiddish שלימזל (shlimazl), from Middle High German slim (“crooked”) and Hebrew מזל (mazzāl, “luck”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃləˈmɑːzəl/ === Noun === schlimazel (plural schlimazels) (colloquial, chiefly US) A chronically unlucky person. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== schlimazel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References ===