pozder

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pazderьje.

Noun

pòzder m inan or m anim (Cyrillic spelling по̀здер)

  1. (inanimate) shive, boon (ligneous waste product of fiber production)
  2. (by extension, inanimate) something worthless
  3. (by extension, animate) worthless person
  4. (animate) pinworm, threadworm (Enterobius vermicularis)
    Synonym: glista nametnik

Further reading

  • “pozder”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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