nudnik

Meaning

A person who is very annoying; a pest, a nag, a jerk.

Synonyms

nudnick

pest

bore

dull person

feebleminded

foolish

goon

goose

🪿

goosey

goosy

gormless

half-witted

light-headed

patsy

sap

silly

simpleton

sucker

turkey

goofball

gaumless

dull beggar

airhead

dull fish

changeling

daft

dimwit

Translations

Raupe

🐛

yapışkan kimse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnʊdnɪk/

Etymology

Cognate with Russian: ну́дный

Cognate with Ukrainian: нудни́й

Cognate with Polish: nudny

Cognate with Slovak: nudný

Cognate with Church Slavic: ноудити

Cognate with Hebrew: נוּדְנִיק

In summary

From Yiddish נודניק (nudnik) < root of נודיען (nudyen, “to bore”) + ־ניק (-nik, “noun-forming suffix”) (English -nik). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *nuda < Proto-Indo-European *newti- (“need”) < *new- (“death, to be exhausted”).
Compare Russian ну́дный (núdnyj, “tedious”), Ukrainian нудни́й (nudnýj, “tedious”), Polish nudny (“boring”), Slovak nudný (“boring”), Old Church Slavonic ноудити (nuditi) or нѫдити (nǫditi, “to compel”), Hebrew נוּדְנִיק (“nag”).