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nogoodnik

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  • noun slang A worthless, disreputable, or malicious person.

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  • noun A ne'er-do-well; an individual who is no good.

Etymologies

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From no good +‎ -nik. Likely influenced by, evolved from, or borrowed directly into Yiddish from the Russian негодник (nye-GOD-nik) (“worthless person, reprobate, ne'er-do-well”)

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synonyms (6)

Words with the same meaning

  1. bad guy
  2. good-for-nothing
  3. loser
  4. miscreant
  5. no-good
  6. scoundrel

equivalents (1)

Other words for 'nogoodnik'

  1. no-goodnik

relateds (3)

relateds

  1. -nik
  2. kibbutznik
  3. nudnik

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  • bilby commented on the word nogoodnik

    "'Meyer Black, eh.' Price chuckled again. 'Yeah. I know him. I've done a bit of business with him myself. He's a nogoodnik. He's a smuggler. Among other things.'"

    - Robert Barrett, 'White Shoes, White Lines and Blackie'.

    August 30, 2008