nudnik

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest

Word Origin

nudnik (n.)
1947, from Yiddish, with agential suffix -nik + Polish nuda "boredom" or Russian nudnyi "tedious, boring," from Old Church Slavonic *nauda-, from PIE *neuti- "need" from root *nau- "death, to be exhausted" (see need (n.)).

Example

1. The school always has what nudnik .
2. Tell that nudnik to stay away from here . He is such a pest .

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