英和和英

語源

Borrowed from Polish Chełm. Doublet of holm.

発音

• (Jewish) IPA: /xɛlm/
• 韻: -ɛlm

固有名詞

Chelm

1. A city in Poland, known for the Jewish stories about its (mythical) stupid residents.
   • 1999, Martha Blum, The Walnut Tree‎, Coteau, →ISBN, page 100:

     The fool I am, the fool. A citizen of Chelm, an idiot, one of those characters my grandfather's legends are made of.

   • 2010 January 27, "nordicskiv2" , "Re: HELMsman", message-ID <6dd30c30-f7a7-4c45-b737-bf2cf44c9e49@l19g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare, Usenet  [2]:

     You are the quintessential Chelmsman, Art -- indeed, you are the prince of the Sages of Chelm.