schelm

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schelm

Rhymes with -ɛlm

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Borrowed from Dutch schelm.

noun schelms · schellum · shelm · skellum · skelm · skelum

Scotland A villain or scoundrel. Of her parents he knew nothing, except that "her father must have been a damned hundsfoot, and a schelm, for selling his own flesh and blood to Adrian Brackel;" […]

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@misc{schelm_2026,
  title = {schelm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/schelm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}