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nudnik

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈnʊdnɪk/Part of speech nounSorted diknnuStarts with NEnds with K0 clues
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Definitions

  1. (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest

Word origin

From Yiddish נודניק (nudnik), from the root of נודיען (nudyen, “to bore”) + ־ניק (-nik, noun-forming suffix) (English -nik), both of Slavic origin. The root derives from Proto-Slavic *nùditi (“to compel”) and the noun *nùďa (“need, necessity”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *new- or *neh₂w- (“to lack, need; to perish”). The suffix is from Proto-Slavic *-ьnikъ (forming agent nouns and objects).

Used in a sentence

  • He interrupts people, and he is not interested in anything except what concerns him and his brother. He is a nudnick!
  • Juliana greeted strangers with a portentous, nudnik, Mona Lisa smile that hung them up between responses, whether to say hello or not.

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