- schlemiel
[schlemiel 词源字典]
- schlemiel: see shemozzle
[schlemiel etymology, schlemiel origin, 英语词源] - schlemiel (n.)
- "awkward, clumsy person," 1868, from Yiddish shlemiel "bungler," from main character in A. von Chamisso's German fable "The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl" (1813), probably from Biblical name Shelumiel (Num. i:6), chief of the tribe of Simeon, identified with the Simeonite prince Zimri ben Salu, who was killed while committing adultery. Compare schlemazel.