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schelm

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A villain or scoundrel.

Scotland

Equivalents

Svenskaskälm

Examples

“Of her parents he knew nothing, except that "her father must have⟳ been a damned hundsfoot, and a schelm, for selling his own⟳ flesh and blood to Adrian Brackel;" […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Schema schema, framework Schemas schemat Schemata Schematic

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