Masculine
Knilch
Meaning
- (colloquial) an unpleasant or mean-spirited man
- (colloquial) a flippant word for a male person, vaguely negative, but not associated with any particular qualities
Concepts
Synonyms
widerwärtiger Mensch
Knülch
Lausebengel
Rotzjunge
Lauser
Rotzgöre
Kotzbrocken
Ekelpaket
Pestzecke
fieser Typ
widerliche Type
fiese Möpp
Unsympath
Schweinebacke
Rotzbubi
Frechmops
Lorbass
Rotzblag
Rotzlöffel
Pronounced as (IPA)
/knɪlç/
Etymology
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 * From Central Franconian Knünich (“canon, kind of clergyman”, figuratively “withdrawn, somber person”), from Old High German canunih (12th c.), from Latin canonicus.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.
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