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neb·bish (n

sh)

A person regarded as weak-willed or timid.

[Yiddish nebekh, poor, unfortunate, of Slavic origin; see bhag- in Indo-European roots.]

nebbish·y adj.

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Noun

nebbish - (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton

nebbech

Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script

simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense

Translations

nebbish

n (sl) → Schlappschwanz m (inf)

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nebbech simple simpleton Yiddish			The Nutty Professor (1963) Jerry Lewis immortalizes the schizoid split between the nebbishy, brilliant, klutzy Jewish arrested-development manboy and the slick, Sammy Glick-ish hustler-type, Buddy Love. Great Jewish films: what makes a film Jewish? by Springer, Maxine / Moment And for a somewhat nebbishy, shy person, he seems to have a suspicious number of beautiful female friends hanging around at all times. Beware L'Homme Fatale! by Irina Aleksander / The New York Observer NBC's "30 Rock" led all series with 17 nominations, including seven in the guest-actor categories, which apparently means no other show on TV can cast guest stars capably, or that "30 Rock's" stunt casting just works particularly well (and my favorite "30 Rock" guest -- Matthew Broderick as the nebbishy Washington crony -- didn't even get nominated). THE MAYOR OF TELEVISION BLOG by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			nearside nearsighted nearsightedness nearthrosis neat neat line Neat work Neat's-foot neat's-foot oil neaten neath Neath Port Talbot neatherd Neathouse Neatify neatlines neatly Neatness neatnik Neatress NEB Neb-neb Nebalia nebbech nebbish nebbishy Nebcin NEbE Nebelung Nebiim NEbN Nebo Nebr. Nebraska Nebraska fern Nebraskan Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar II Nebuchadrezzar Nebuchadrezzar II nebula Nebular nebular hypothesis nebulated nebulation nebule nebuliser Nebulization nebulize nebulizer Nebulose			NEAVS NEAWP NEAX NEAZDP neb neb neb Neb Neb Revolution Neb-er-tcher Neb-er-tcher Neb-er-tcher Neb-neb NEBA Nebaba, Anton Nebai Nebaioth Nebajoth Nebalia Nebaliacea Neballat Nebat Nebat NEBATA NEBB NEBBA nebbech Nebbi nebbish nebbishes nebbishy NEBC NEBCA NEBCC NEBCD Nebcin Nebcin NEBCR NEBD NEBDN NEbE NEbE NEBEA Nebechadnezzer Nebechadnezzer Nebechadnezzer NEBEI Nebel (instrument) Nebel (instrument) Nebel (song) Nebel (song) Nebel (song) Nebelscheinwerfer Nebelung Nebelung cat NEBEM Nebenfahrzeug NebenSTellenANlagen Nebet-het Nebet-het NEBF

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