schmendrick

noun
/ˈʃmɛndɹɪk/

Etymology

From Yiddish שמענדריק (shmendrik), from the name of a character in the operetta Shmendrik, oder di komishe Chaseneh (Schmendrik, or The Comical Wedding; שמענדריק, אָדער, די קאָמישע חתונה) by Avrom Goldfaden.

  1. derived from שמענדריק

Definitions

  1. A stupid person

    A stupid person; a fool; a nincompoop.

    • Some schmendrick from downstairs asked if you could turn down your stereo.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for schmendrick. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA