1945-50, Americanism; < Yiddish, equivalent to nud- base of nudyen (see nudge2) + -nik-nik
British Dictionary definitions for nudnik
nudnik
/ˈnʌdnɪk/
noun
1.
(US, informal) an annoying or boring person
Word Origin
C20: from Yiddish nudyen to bore + -nik
Word Origin and History for nudnik
n.
1947, from Yiddish, with agential suffix -nik + Polish nuda "boredom" or Russian nudnyi "tedious, boring," from Old Church Slavonic *nauda-, from PIE *neuti- "need" from root *nau- "death, to be exhausted" (see need (n.)).
Slang definitions & phrases for nudnik
nudnik
noun
An annoying person; pest; nuisance; nudge: the story of a gang of nudniks trying to defeat the establishment/ remains an unreconstructed nudnik throughout