schlemiel



schlemiel

and schlemihl and shlemiel (ʃləˈmil)
n. a gullible person; a loser. (From Hebrew Shelumiel via Yiddish.) See if you can get that schlemiel to buy the Brooklyn Bridge.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BeauBOEnglish
Aloys[ə'lɔis]
LibbyLIB-eeEnglish
Juozas-Lithuanian
SolveigSOOL-vie (Norwegian), SOOL-vay (Swedish)Norwegian, Swedish
Cordellkawr-DELEnglish