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Nagger of a yenta
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nudnik
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
nudnik \nud"nik\ (n[oo^]d"n[i^]k) n. [Yiddish, fr. Russ. nudnyi tiresome.] a pestiferous boring and dull person.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest [syn: nudnick ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1947, from Yiddish, with agential suffix -nik + Polish nuda "boredom" or Russian nudnyi "tedious, boring," from Old Church Slavonic *nauda- , from PIE *neuti- "need" from root *nau- "death, to be exhausted" (see need (n.)).