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▪ I. ‖ schelm arch.|ʃɛlm|
Also 6–7 shelm(e.
[Ger.; for forms repr. the equivalent Du. schelm (ˈsxɛləm), see skelm n.]
A rascal. (A term of abuse or contempt, attributed to German speakers.)
1584? Sidney Disc. Def. Earl Leicester Misc. Wks. (1829) 272 An evil tongued shelm, as the Germans especially call such people. 1603–5J. Melvil Mem. (1735) 23 The Land⁓grave called him Shelm, Pultroon, Traitor [etc.]. a1634Chapman Alphonsus ii. ii. 62 Thou art a schelm. Ibid. ii. iii. 109 Call you me shelme? 1823Scott Quentin D. ii, The rascally schelm shot my bird with an arrow. 1889Doyle Micah Clarke 202 Some rascally schelm..stabbed my horse.
Hence † ˈschelmish a. [G. schelmisch], rascally.
a1634Chapman Alphonsus iii. i. 173, I highly do mistrust this schelmish bowr.
▪ II. schelm
var. skelm. |