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anorakish

anorakish adjective: obsessively absorbed in a subject, especially an unusual or obscure subject.

Adjective

anorakish (comparative more anorakish, superlative most anorakish)

  1. (UK, informal) Obsessively absorbed in a subject, especially an unusual or obscure subject.
    • Joining a 'computer group' may sound incredibly anorakish but you'll probably find that most of the other members are bearably human!1999, Phil Race, Steven Higgins, Nick Packard, 500 ICT Tips for Primary Teachers
    • College readers of Tolkien's work had a tenacity and anorakish single-mindedness matched only by the Trekkies who would soon follow.2003, Gary Valentine Lachman, Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius

Forms of anorakish

comparativemore anorakish
superlativemost anorakish

Origin of anorakish

From anorak + -ish.

Questions about anorakish

What does anorakish mean?
Anorakish means obsessively absorbed in a subject, especially an unusual or obscure subject.
What part of speech is anorakish?
Anorakish is an adjective.

Words near anorakish in the dictionary

  1. anopsy
  2. anopubic
  3. Anor
  4. anorak
  5. anoraked
  6. anorakish
  7. anoraks
  8. anoraky
  9. anorchia
  10. anorchic
  11. anorchid

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