nudnik

Meanings

Plural: nudniks

Noun

(Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest
A person who is very annoying; a pest, a nag, a jerk.

Origin / Etymology

From Yiddish נודניק (nudnik) < root of נודיען (nudyen, “to bore”) + ־ניק (-nik, “noun-forming suffix”) (English -nik). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *nuda < Proto-Indo-European *newti- (“need”) < *new- (“death, to be exhausted”).
Compare Russian ну́дный (núdnyj, “tedious”), Ukrainian нудни́й (nudnýj, “tedious”), Polish nudny (“boring”), Slovak nudný (“boring”), Old Church Slavonic ноудити (nuditi) or нѫдити (nǫditi, “to compel”), Hebrew נוּדְנִיק (“nag”).

Synonyms

nudnick

Scrabble Score: 11

nudnik is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
nudnik is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nudnik is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

nudnik is a valid Words With Friends word