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boffinish

boffinish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a boffin; nerdy.

Adjective

boffinish (comparative more boffinish, superlative most boffinish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a boffin; nerdy.

Forms of boffinish

comparativemore boffinish
superlativemost boffinish

Origin of boffinish

From boffin + -ish.

Questions about boffinish

What does boffinish mean?
Boffinish means resembling or characteristic of a boffin; nerdy.
What part of speech is boffinish?
Boffinish is an adjective.

Words near boffinish in the dictionary

  1. BOFFFF
  2. BOFFFFs
  3. boffin
  4. boffinery
  5. boffing
  6. boffinish
  7. boffinism
  8. boffinry
  9. boffins
  10. boffiny
  11. boffo

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