nogoodnik

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nogoodnik

/nəʊˈɡʊdnɪk/ UK
/noʊˈɡʊdnɪk/ US

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Phono-semantic matching of Russian негодник (negodnik, “worthless person, reprobate, ne'er-do-well”)

By surface analysis, no good + -nik.

noun nogoodniks · no-goodnik

US, derogatory, slang A ne'er-do-well; a person who is no good. Then at the last minute Harris was brought aboard as Dr. Zachary Smith, initially an authentic, lip-curling nogoodnik who, it was presently discovered, could be better used for laughs played off Mumy and a sober-sided robot (“You bubbleheaded booby,” sneers Harris. “That does not compute,” returns t
Similar: bad guy, no-good, loser, miscreant, scoundrel

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"nogoodnik." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nogoodnik. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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nogoodnik. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nogoodnik

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"nogoodnik." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nogoodnik.

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@misc{nogoodnik_2026,
  title = {nogoodnik},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nogoodnik},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}