schmendrickn.

Brit.

/ˈʃmɛndrɪk/, U.S.

/ˈʃmɛndrɪk/

Forms: 1800s– schmendrick, 1900s– schmendrik, 1900s– shmendrik. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish shmendrik.

Etymology: < Yiddish shmendrik (end of the 19th cent.) < Shmendrik, the name of the protagonist in the 1877 operetta Shmendrik, oder Di komishe Chaseneh (‘Shmendrik, or the Comical Wedding’) by Abraham Goldfaden (1840–1908).In Goldfaden's operetta, Shmendrik is a poorly performing, clueless yeshiva student, whose doting mother is completely blind to his faults. Shmendrik's mother tries to arrange a marriage for him, but the intended match is in love with another man and has no intention of marrying Shmendrik.

colloquial (originally U.S. and in Jewish usage).

A foolish, immature, or naive person; (also) an obnoxious person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > of small significance

dud1721

lightweight1831

tit1881

mess1891

schmuck1892

schmendrick1897

Little Willie1901

schlepper1901

wally1922

klutz1925

twerp1925

twit1934

jerk1935

schmo1937

shmegegge1937

schlep1939

sad sack1943

no-hoper1944

Joe Schmo1947

jerko1949

nerk1955

prat1955

schmucko1959

Herbert1960

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > contemptible person

wormc825

wretchOE

thingOE

hinderlingc1175

harlot?c1225

mixa1300

villain1303

whelpc1330

wonnera1340

bismera1400

vilec1400

beasta1425

creaturec1450

dog bolt1465

fouling?a1475

drivel1478

shit1508

marmoset1523

mammeta1529

pilgarlica1529

pode1528

slave1537

slim1548

skit-brains?1553

grasshopper1556

scavenger1563

old boss1566

rag1566

shrub1566

ketterela1572

shake-rag1571

skybala1572

mumpsimus1573

smatchetc1582

squib1586

scabship1589

vassal1589

baboon1592

Gibraltar1593

polecat1593

mushroom1594

nodc1595

cittern-head1598

nit1598

stockfish1598

cum-twang1599

dish-wash1599

pettitoe1599

mustard-token1600

viliaco1600

cargo1602

stump1602

snotty-nose1604

sprat1605

wormling1605

brock1607

dogfly?1611

shag-rag1611

shack-rag1612

thrum1612

rabbita1616

fitchock1616

unworthy1616

baseling1618

shag1620

glow-worm1624

snip1633

the son of a worm1633

grousea1637

shab1637

wormship1648

muckworm1649

whiffler1659

prig1679

rotten egg1686

prigster1688

begged fool1693

hang-dog1693

bugger1694

reptile1697

squinny1716

snool1718

ramscallion1734

footer1748

jackass1756

hallion1789

skite1790

rattlesnake1791

snot1809

mudworm1814

skunk1816

stirrah1816

spalpeen1817

nyaff1825

skin1825

weed1825

tiger1827

beggar1834

despicability1837

squirt1844

prawn1845

shake1846

white mouse1846

scurf1851

sweep1853

cockroach1856

bummer1857

medlar1859

cunt1860

shuck1862

missing link1863

schweinhund1871

creepa1876

bum1882

trashbag1886

tinhorn1887

snot-rag1888

rodent1889

whelpling1889

pie eatera1891

mess1891

schmuck1892

fucker1893

cheapskate1894

cocksucker1894

gutter-bird1896

perisher1896

skate1896

schmendrick1897

nyamps1900

ullage1901

fink1903

onion1904

punk1904

shitepoke1905

tinhorn sport1906

streeler1907

zob1911

stink1916

motherfucker1918

Oscar1918

shitass1918

shit-face1923

tripe-hound1923

gimp1924

garbage can1925

twerp1925

jughead1926

mong1926

fuck?1927

arsehole1928

dirty dog1928

gazook1928

muzzler1928

roach1929

shite1929

mook1930

lug1931

slug1931

woodchuck1931

crud1932

dip1932

bohunkus1933

lint-head1933

Nimrod1933

warb1933

fuck-piga1935

owl-hoot1934

pissant1935

poot1935

shmegegge1937

motheree1938

motorcycle1938

squiff1939

pendejo1940

snotnose1941

jerkface1942

slag1943

yuck1943

fuckface?1945

fuckhead?1945

shit-head1945

shite-hawk1948

schlub1950

asswipe1953

mother1955

weenie1956

hard-on1958

rass hole1959

schmucko1959

bitch ass1961

effer1961

lamer1961

arsewipe1962

asshole1962

butthole1962

cock1962

dipshit1963

motherfuck1964

dork1965

bumhole1967

mofo1967

tosspot1967

crudball1968

dipstick1968

douche1968

frickface1968

schlong1968

fuckwit1969

rassclaat1969

ass1970

wank1970

fecker1971

wanker1971

butt-fucker1972

slimeball1972

bloodclaat1973

fuckwad1974

mutha1974

suck1974

cocksuck1977

tosser1977

plank1981

sleazebag1981

spastic1981

dweeb1982

bumboclaat1983

dickwad1983

scuzzbag1983

sleazeball1983

butt-face1984

dickweed1984

saddie1985

butt plug1986

jerkweed1988

dick-sucker1989

microcephalic1989

wankstain1990

sadster1992

buttmunch1993

fanny1995

jackhole1996

fassyhole1997

fannybaws2000

fassy2002

1897 Pract. Druggist May 72/2 The thing that made this curious prescription highly objectionable was the word ‘Schmendrick’. Druggist Gordon says that this is a colloquial Hebrew term, which is the equivalent of damphool.

1944 M. Samuel Harvest in Desert xii. 115 The colonists called the workers Shmendriks, tatterdemalions, n'er-do-wells.

1951 A. Hirschfeld Show Business is No Business 47 A schmendrick with a noodle for a brain.

1970 S. Ellin Bind xxx. 151 This boy is no shmendrik... Believe me, he knows from the real thing.

1976 L. Deighton Twinkle, twinkle, Little Spy x. 93 Maybe if I'd been at college with Andrei Bekuv, I could even feel sorry for that schmendrik.

2013 Free Press (Kinston, N. Carolina) 28 Mar. 5/3 If I'd been driving, that little schmendrick would've become a hood ornament.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	schmendrick
释义	schmendrickn. Brit. /ˈʃmɛndrɪk/, U.S. /ˈʃmɛndrɪk/ Forms: 1800s– schmendrick, 1900s– schmendrik, 1900s– shmendrik. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish shmendrik. Etymology: < Yiddish shmendrik (end of the 19th cent.) < Shmendrik, the name of the protagonist in the 1877 operetta Shmendrik, oder Di komishe Chaseneh (‘Shmendrik, or the Comical Wedding’) by Abraham Goldfaden (1840–1908).In Goldfaden's operetta, Shmendrik is a poorly performing, clueless yeshiva student, whose doting mother is completely blind to his faults. Shmendrik's mother tries to arrange a marriage for him, but the intended match is in love with another man and has no intention of marrying Shmendrik. colloquial (originally U.S. and in Jewish usage). A foolish, immature, or naive person; (also) an obnoxious person. 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Druggist May 72/2 The thing that made this curious prescription highly objectionable was the word ‘Schmendrick’. Druggist Gordon says that this is a colloquial Hebrew term, which is the equivalent of damphool. 1944 M. Samuel Harvest in Desert xii. 115 The colonists called the workers Shmendriks, tatterdemalions, n'er-do-wells. 1951 A. Hirschfeld Show Business is No Business 47 A schmendrick with a noodle for a brain. 1970 S. Ellin Bind xxx. 151 This boy is no shmendrik... Believe me, he knows from the real thing. 1976 L. Deighton Twinkle, twinkle, Little Spy x. 93 Maybe if I'd been at college with Andrei Bekuv, I could even feel sorry for that schmendrik. 2013 Free Press (Kinston, N. Carolina) 28 Mar. 5/3 If I'd been driving, that little schmendrick would've become a hood ornament. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1897
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