Definition of Schelm

1. schellum [n -S] - See also: schellum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schelm

scheduling
schedulings
scheele's green
scheelin
scheelite
scheelites
scheelium
scheie's syndrome
scheik
scheiks
schelium
schellies
schellum
schellums
schelly
schelm (current term)
schelms
schema
schemaless
schemalike
schemas
schemat
schemata
schematic
schematic drawing
schematic eye
schematic variable
schematically
schematics
schematisation

Literary usage of Schelm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany (1825)
"Lucas said he could spleen mightily, and called do\ excuse th* schelm for killing the horse, as he had allowed himself to get away; but the felonious ..."

2. Shakespeare in Germany in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: An by Albert Cohn (1865)
"... ich DIETRICH Ich hab kein schelm ... dem wöll wirs nit schencken Den schelm selber lasen hencken Wir wollen jhn vor dem ..."

3. Handlingar (1903)
"armer Schacher 'armer schelm, Tropf (orig. in compassion, acc. to Adelung playful and famil.), 1771 Wieland, N. Amadis: »Ein Kleinod, ohne welches er nur ..."

4. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany (1825)
"Lucas said he could spleen mightily, and called do\ excuse th* schelm for killing the horse, as he had allowed himself to get away; but the felonious ..."

5. Shakespeare in Germany in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: An by Albert Cohn (1865)
"... ich DIETRICH Ich hab kein schelm ... dem wöll wirs nit schencken Den schelm selber lasen hencken Wir wollen jhn vor dem ..."

6. Handlingar (1903)
"armer Schacher 'armer schelm, Tropf (orig. in compassion, acc. to Adelung playful and famil.), 1771 Wieland, N. Amadis: »Ein Kleinod, ohne welches er nur ..."

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