skellum

skellum
skel·lum

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  • Skellum — Skel lum, n. [Dan. schelm, fr. G. schelm.] A scoundrel. [Obs. or Scot.] Pepys. Burns. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • skellum — [skelmskel′əm] n. [Early ModE < Du schelm, akin to OHG skelmo, one deserving to die < IE base * (s)kel , to cut > SHELL, HELM2] Chiefly Brit. a rascal; rogue; scamp: now common only in South Africa: also skelm [skelm] …   English World dictionary

  • skellum — ˈskeləm noun ( s) Etymology: Dutch schelm, from Low German, from Middle Low German, scoundrel, corpse, carrion; akin to Old High German skelmo person deserving death, scalmo pestilence, corpse, and probably to Lithuanian skelti to split more at… …   Useful english dictionary

  • skellum —    ‘Who did you think it was, you skellum?’ says a South African woman to her brother, in Resolve This Day, by Geoffrey Bainbridge. The word means ‘a villain or rascal’ and derives from Dutch. Skin and bones, Skinny, Skinny guts, Skinny Dick… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • skellum — /skel euhm/, n. Chiefly Scot. a rascal. [1605 15; < D schelm rogue, knave < MLG; c. G Schelm rogue, OHG skelmo, scalmo plague, corpse] * * * …   Universalium

  • skellum —   n. archaic, dialect or S African, rogue …   Dictionary of difficult words

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