nudnik
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nudnik
An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; from Yiddish, equivalent to nud- base of nudyen ( see nudge 2) + -nik -nik
Example Sentences
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Tarantino has become a nudnik filmmaker, who grabs a viewer by the lapel and says—and says and says—what’s on his mind.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 27, 2019
Alice is a nudnik and a connoisseur and a troubled person.
From The New Yorker ● May 1, 2015
Painted in glazes of vibrant, greenish yellow scrawled over a black surface are words like kibitzer and kvetcher; nudnik and nebbish.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2012
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