schlimazel

[shli-mah-zuh l] /ʃlɪˈmɑ zəl/

noun, Slang.

an inept, bungling person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.

Origin of schlimazel

1945-1950

1945-50; < Yiddish, equivalent to shlim bad (compare Middle High German slimp wrong) + mazl luck < Modern Hebrew mazzāl

shlimazel

[shli-mah-zuh l] /ʃlɪˈmɑ zəl/

noun

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