Schmendrick

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Schmendrick (שמענדריק) is Yiddish for a "pipsqueak" or "nonentity." Despite on-line sources, it does not refer to intelligence and does not mean "a stupid person."

In addition, according to Joys of Yiddish by Leo Rosten, another definition is "an apprentice schlemiel."[1]

It may also refer to:

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