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单词 nerk
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nerkn.

Brit. /nəːk/, U.S. /nərk/
Forms: 1900s– nerk, 1900s– nurk.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by blending. Etymons: nerd n., berk n., jerk n.1
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps a blend of nerd n. and berk n. or jerk n.1 (compare sense 12 s.v.).
British slang (depreciative).
A foolish, objectionable, or insignificant person.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant
unknownc1390
pawnc1450
semi-cipher?1550
bauble1570
Jack with the feather1581
nobody1583
winterling1585
squash1600
rush candle1628
niflec1635
nullity1657
nonentity1710
featherweight1812
underscrub1822
nyaff1825
small fish1836
no-account1840
little fish1846
peanut1864
commonplacer1874
sparrow-fart1886
Little Willie1901
pipsqueak1905
nebbish1907
pie-biter1911
blob1916
smallie1930
no-count1932
zilch1933
Mickey Mouse1935
muzhik1945
nerd1951
nothingburger1953
nerk1955
non-person1959
no-mark1982
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > of small significance
dud1721
lightweight1831
tit1881
mess1891
schmuck1892
schmendrick1897
Little Willie1901
schlepper1901
wally1922
klutz1925
twerp1925
twit1934
jerk1935
schmo1937
shmegegge1937
schlep1939
sad sack1943
no-hoper1944
Joe Schmo1947
jerko1949
nerk1955
prat1955
schmucko1959
Herbert1960
1954 S. Milligan Goon Show Scripts (1972) 66 You don't think I'd threaten you with an unloaded banana? Now come on, tell me—where is Fred Nurke?]
1955 S. Milligan Goon Show Scripts Listen, tiny nerk.
1966 A. Prior Operators xv. 235 ‘Slow it down, you nerk, the girl has to get in,’ he yelled.
1975 D. Clement & I. La Frenais Porridge 7 Charmless nurk.
1980 J. Wainwright Dominoes vi. 143 Cooley turned..and for the first time saw this latest nerk who wanted to blow holes in his hide.
1999 Empire Dec. 27/1 Gregory's Girl was a lyrical, magical ode to the agonies and joys of being a gangly, spotty nerk of a Scottish teenager in love and utterly rubbish at football.

Derivatives

ˈnerkish adj. rare
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]
dizzyc825
unwisec825
redelessOE
unwittyc1000
daftlikec1175
witlessc1175
canga1225
adoted?c1225
cangun?c1225
egedec1225
cangeda1250
foola1250
snepea1250
aerwittec1275
sotlyc1275
unslyc1275
unwitterc1275
unwilya1300
nicec1300
goosishc1374
unskilfulc1374
follyc1380
lewdc1380
mis-feelinga1382
dottlec1390
foltedc1390
peevishc1400
fona1425
fonnishc1425
foliousa1450
foolisha1450
daft?c1450
doitedc1450
dotyc1450
daffish1470
insapientc1470
gucked?a1500
wanwittya1500
furious1526
insipient1528
seelya1529
dawish?1529
foolage1545
momish1546
base-wittedc1547
stultitiousa1549
follifulc1550
senseless1565
mopish1568
fondish1579
unsensiblea1586
fondly1587
dizzardly1594
follial1596
featlessc1598
fopperly1599
gowkeda1605
inept1604
simple1604
anserine1607
foppish1608
silly ass1608
unsage1608
wisdomless1608
fool-beggeda1616
Gotham1621
noddy1645
badot1653
dosser-headed1655
infrunite1657
nonsensicalc1661
slight1663
sappy1670
datelessa1686
noddy-peaked1694
nizy1709
dottled1772
gypit1804
shay-brained1806
folly-stricken1807
fool-like1811
goosy1811
spoony1813
niddle-noddle1821
gumptionless1823
daftish1825
anserous1826
as crazy as a loon1830
spoonish1833
cheese-headed1836
dotty1860
fool-fool1868
noodly1870
dilly1873
gormless1883
daffy1884
monkey-doodle1886
mosy1887
jay1891
pithecanthropic1897
peanut-headed1906
dinlo1907
boob1911
goofy1921
ding-a-ling1935
jerky1944
jerk1947
jerkish1948
pointy-headed1950
doofus1967
twitty1967
twittish1969
nerkish1975
numpty1992
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible > of people
vile1340
light1529
sixpenny1561
single-soled1588
squirting1592
washya1631
insignificant1669
snotty-nosed1682
nerdy1960
nerkish1975
nerdish1980
1975 D. Clement & I. La Frenais Porridge 60 You are a grotty, nurkish git.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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