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
Agostino-Italian
VÍGdÍS-Ancient Scandinavian
Andrejs-Latvian
Estebe-Basque
Firdaus-Arabic, Persian
LeviLEE-vie (English), LE:-vee (Dutch)Hebrew, English, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin