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Pitiful person
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nebbish
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Word definitions for nebbish in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nebbish \Neb"bish\ (m[e^]b"[i^]sh) n. [Yiddish, nebekh poor, unfortunate.] A person who is ineffectual, timid, and often luckless; a person of no significance.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. One who is fearful and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations, and in taking responsibility.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton [syn: nebbech ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1905, nebbich , from Yiddish (used as a Yiddish word in American English from 1890s), from a Slavic source akin to Czech neboh "poor, unfortunate," literally "un-endowed," from Proto-Slavic *ne-bogu- , with negative prefix (see un- (1)) + PIE *bhag- "to ...
Usage examples of nebbish.
Obviously, the nebbish was the sort who warmed to his topic once he started rolling.
Not the substitute who had showed up, some nebbish, clueless--how could Carl hire such people?
In the period of a year, I went from being a nebbish whose dream was to one day become a professional golfer to being an Israel expert-in-training.
Sometimes your confidence falls and you think of yourself as a nebbish, at which point you start losing your temper over nothing and become a bit of a bastard.
No wonder science fiction, fantasy and horror writers were regarded as wheezing geeks, spavined mouse-potatoes and cellulite-pocked nebbishes, unable to command their fair share of media attention.