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Yiddish
Etymology
ימח־שמו (yemákh-shmóy) + -ניק (-nik), from the Ashkenazi pronunciation of Hebrew ימח שמו (yemách shmóy, “may his name be obliterated”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ימח־שמוניק • (yimàkh-shmóynik) m, plural ימח־שמוניקעס (yimàkh-shmóynikes), feminine ימח־שמוניצע (yimàkh-shmóynitse)
- scoundrel, villain
2015 May 29, שבֿע כּהן, “אַ הספּד פֿאַר אַ ימח-שמוניק”, in Der Forverts:אַ הספּד פֿאַר אַ ימח-שמוניק- A hesped far a yemakh-shmoynik
- A eulogy for a villain