nebbish

neb bish |ˈnebiSH ˈnɛbɪʃ | ▶noun informal a person, esp. a man, who is regarded as pitifully ineffectual, timid, or submissive. DERIVATIVES neb bish y adjective ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Yiddish nebekh ‘poor thing. ’

nebbish

neb |bish |ˈnɛbɪʃ | ▶noun informal, chiefly N. Amer. a person, especially a man, who is regarded as pitifully ineffectual, timid, or submissive. DERIVATIVES nebbishy adjective ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Yiddish nebekh ‘poor thing ’.