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schmuck
English
Alternative forms
- shmuck, shmuk
Etymology
From Yiddish ?????? (shmok, “penis, fool”). Further origin uncertain. Probably from Old Polish smok (“dragon”), akin to Bulgarian ???? (smok, “grass snake”). Perhaps akin to onomatopoeic Russian ???????? (smoktat?) smoktat ("to suck") according to old belief that snakes suck milk from animals. Alternatively a baby-talk corruption of Yiddish ?????? (shmekl), a dissimilated form of ?????? (shtekl, “penis/willy”, literally “little stick”). Alternatively from the verb Middle High German smucken, archaic German schmucken, which has several meanings allowing possible semantic connections: 1.) “to squeeze, press, fit into something tight”; 2.) “to hug, snuggle, kiss”; 3.) “to adorn, decorate”. The last of these three senses is perhaps less likely, but compare German Schmuck (“jewellery”) with English crown jewels.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
schmuck (plural schmucks)
- (colloquial, derogatory, US) A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because he or she is stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant.
- Synonyms: twerp, twit, dope, dick, dork, prick, putz
- 1995 September, The Playboy Interview: Cindy Crawford, Playboy
- One day my girlfriend, her boyfriend and I were sunbathing topless because that's Barbados - you can wear nothing if you want. And the Pepsi guy walks up and with my agent to meet us for lunch. I wondered if I should put on my top because I have a business relationship with him. I didn't want him to get offended because the rest of the beach had seen me with my top off. Meanwhile, as he's walking towards me he's saying to my agent "I hope she puts on her top.". He wasn't even being a schmuck, like wanting to see.
- (colloquial, derogatory) A deplorable, pitiful person; often in the form poor schmuck.
Derived terms
- Schmucksville
- schmucky
Translations
See also
- schlemiel
Further reading
- Yiddish language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German
Etymology
From Middle Low German smuk (“supple, bendsome, pleasing, beautiful, petite, cute”) (compare Middle Low German smuk (“ornament, jewellery”)), from Old Saxon *smuk, *smukk, from Proto-Germanic *smukkaz (“flexible, bendsome, easy”), from Proto-Indo-European *smewg- (“to slip, glide, slide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?k/
- Homophone: Schmuck
- Rhymes: -?k
Adjective
schmuck (comparative schmucker, superlative am schmucksten)
- (dated) pretty, spruce
Declension
Further reading
- “schmuck” in Duden online
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idiot
English
Alternative forms
- eejit (Irish English, eye dialect)
- idjit, idget (eye dialect)
Etymology
From Middle English idiote, ydiote, from Old French idiote (later idiot), from Latin idiota, from Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”), from ????? (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /??d.i.(j)?t/, /??d.i.(j)?t/
Noun
idiot (plural idiots)
- (derogatory) A person of low general intelligence.
- (derogatory) A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.
- (obsolete, medicine, psychology) A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.
Usage notes
- While pejorative, the word is only a weak insult, and between close friends or family members it may be used affectionately.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:idiot
Antonyms
- genius
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
idiot (comparative more idiot, superlative most idiot)
- (uncommon) idiotic, stupid
Translations
Czech
Noun
idiot m
- (mildly vulgar) idiot (disliked or slow-witted person)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hlupák
- idiot (person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old)
Related terms
- idiotský
- idiocie
Further reading
- idiot in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- idiot in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s)
Noun
idiot
- (derogatory) an idiot, imbecile, fool
Derived terms
- idiotsikker
- kraftidiot
References
- “idiot” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From Old French idiot (cf. also the older form idiote), borrowed from Latin idi?ta, from Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “layman”) from ????? (ídios, “private”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.djo/
- Homophone: idiots
- Rhymes: -jo
Adjective
idiot (feminine singular idiote, masculine plural idiots, feminine plural idiotes)
- idiotic; stupid
Noun
idiot m (plural idiots, feminine idiote)
- idiot
Descendants
- ? Polish: idiota
Further reading
- “idiot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s)
Noun
idiot m (definite singular idioten, indefinite plural idioter, definite plural idiotene)
- (derogatory) an idiot, imbecile, fool
Derived terms
- idiotsikker
- kraftidiot
- kronidiot
References
- “idiot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s)
Noun
idiot m (definite singular idioten, indefinite plural idiotar, definite plural idiotane)
- (derogatory) an idiot, imbecile, fool
Derived terms
- idiotsikker
- kraftidiot
- kronidiot
References
- “idiot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Alternative forms
- idiote
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin idi?ta, from Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “layman”) from ????? (ídios, “private”).
Adjective
idiot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular idiote)
- ignorant; narrow-minded
Usage notes
- The form idiote was sometimes used as both masculine and feminine, as a direct borrowing from Latin idiota.
Descendants
- ? English: idiot
- French: idiot
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (idiot, supplement)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French idiot, itself borrowed from Latin idi?ta, from Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “layman”) from ????? (ídios, “private”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.di?ot/
Noun
idiot m (plural idio?i, feminine equivalent idioat?)
- idiot, moron, imbecile
Synonyms
- prost, tâmpit, imbecil, cretin
Adjective
idiot m or n (feminine singular idioat?, masculine plural idio?i, feminine and neuter plural idioate)
- stupid, idiotic, foolish, absurd
Declension
Synonyms
- prost, tâmpit, stupid
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin idi?ta, from Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /id?ot/
- Hyphenation: i?di?ot
Noun
idìot m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- idiot
Declension
See also
- glùpan
- blèsan
- krèt?n
Slovak
Etymology
From Latin idi?ta, from Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?idi?t/
Noun
idiot m (genitive singular idiota, nominative plural idioti, genitive plural idiotov, declension pattern of chlap)
- (derogatory) idiot
Declension
Derived terms
- idiotický
- idioticky
- idiotstvo
- idiotizmus
See also
- blázon
- hlupák
Further reading
- idiot in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Swedish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (idi?t?s, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”), from ????? (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private”).
Pronunciation
Noun
idiot c
- (derogatory) idiot
Declension
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