nogoodnik

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

/nəʊˈɡʊdnɪk/ /noʊˈɡʊdnɪk/

nogoodnik nogoodniks no-goodnik

Phono-semantic matching of Russian негодник (negodnik, “worthless person, reprobate, ne'er-do-well”) By surface analysis, no good + -nik.

bad guy no-good loser miscreant scoundrel

kibbutznik nudnik -nik

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