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Блин, как Чехов мог написать "Мужчины (pl.), даже идиот (sing.) и кретин (sing.)"?? :wall:
Он меня разочаровал! :mrgreen:

The subject is мужчины. And "даже идиоты и кретины" is an elaboration. It's like "Мы, русские, любим быструю езду".


I thought it was completely obvious that it isn't an address here.


It...

Which one? All the commas in that sentence are in their right places. If you mean the comma after "кретины", it is needed.

ничтожество = nonentity, nothing

...but a woman is nothing (nonentity)! (...a [real] name for a woman is nonentity!)

"XXX чему-то/кому-то (dat.) имя" is a common (but bookish) construction....