Nudnik

Origin

noodnik is attested since 1925, nudnik since 1929. From Yiddish נודניק < root of נודיען (nudyen, "to bore") + ניק (-nik, "noun-forming suffix"). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *nuda < Proto-Indo-European *neuti- ("need") < *nau- ("death, to be exhausted").

Compare Russian нудный (núdnyj, "tedious"), Ukrainian нудний (núdnýj, "tedious"), Polish nudny ("boring"), Old Church Slavonic ноудити (nuditi) or нѫдити (nǫditi, "to compell"), Hebrew נודניק ("nag#Verb") and English -nik.

Full definition of nudnik

Noun

1. A person who is very annoying; a persistent nag.
2. A bore; a boring person.
3. A pest of a person; a jerk.

Related terms

• noodge, nudge
• kibbutznik
• nogoodnik
• -nik

Anagrams

• unkind