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(Engels)

(colloquial, dated, masculine, strong) an unpleasant or mean-spirited man
(colloquial, masculine, strong, usually) a flippant word for a male person, vaguely negative, but not associated with any particular qualities

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/knɪlç/

Ca. 1900, of uncertain origin. The two main theories are: * From the adjective knollig (“bulbous”, archaically “ruff, boorish”). Also attested with umlaut as knöllicht. * From Central Franconian Knünich (“canon, kind of clergyman”, figuratively “withdrawn, somber person”), from Old High German canunih (12th c.), from Latin canonicus. A form with /l/ appears to be unattested in the dialects, but is easily explained through dissimilation.