schmendrick

== English == === Alternative forms === schmendrik, shmendrick, shmendrik === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃmɛndɹɪk/ === Noun === schmendrick (plural schmendricks) (US, slang, Jewish) A stupid person; a fool; a nincompoop. ==== Translations ==== === See also === schlemiel schmuck