Etymology

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Today it means: Someone who is lazy, slovenly, or dull-looking. Full definition →

Yiddish שלומפּ
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The story

  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromשלומפּ“stupid, foolish, or inept person”
  2. English todayschlump

Borrowed from Yiddish שלומפּ (shlump, “stupid, foolish, or inept person”). Compare obsolete German Schlumpe (modern Schlampe).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.