Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A scoundrel; a worthless fellow.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Obs. or Scot. A scoundrel.

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  • noun obsolete, UK A scoundrel.

Etymologies

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Danish schelm, from German Schelm.

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  • Strange demons, it may be, compel him;

    Some think mental illness befell him.

    I rather suspect

    A cruder affect:

    The Donald is simply a skellum.

    August 21, 2016