nogoodnik

/nəʊˈɡʊdnɪk/

Etymology

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

noun

  1. A ne'er-do-well; a person who is no good.“Then at the last minute Harris was brought aboard as Dr. Zachary Smith, initially an authentic, lip-curling nogoodnik who, it was presently discovered, could be better used for laughs played off Mumy and a sober-sided robot (“You bubbleheaded booby,” sneers Harris. “That does not compute,” returns the robot dryly).”