# nogoodnik

> English word · Noun · IPA /nəʊˈɡʊdnɪk/

## Definitions
1. A ne'er-do-well; a person who is no good.

## Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of Russian негодник (negodnik, “worthless person, reprobate, ne'er-do-well”)
By surface analysis, no good + -nik.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nogoodnik