nugo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

nūgo, ōnis, m. [nugae],

a buffoon, trifler, worthless fellow (Appuleian): nugo et corruptor, Ap. Met. 5, 29, 10; nugonem castigare, id. ib. 5, 30, 18.