schmendrick
Meanings
noun
- A stupid person; a fool; a nincompoop.
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Etymology
From Yiddish שמענדריק (shmendrik), from the name of a character in the operetta Shmendrik, oder di komishe Chaseneh (Schmendrik, or The Comical Wedding; שמענדריק, אָדער, די קאָמישע חתונה) by Avrom Goldfaden.
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