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dorky

dorky adjective: like a dork.

Adjective

dorky (comparative dorkier, superlative dorkiest)

  1. Like a dork.
    • I entitled the piece "Dorky", dork being slang for a person who does not belong to popular groups, usually an outsider, an odd person, sometimes inept, other times cranky.1962, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Last year at Marienbad, page 167
    • Anyway this dorky guy asks Sallyfrass to dance and she kind of likes him...1998, Dana Redfield, Lucy Blue and the Daughters of Light, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    dorkish

Synonyms of dorky

Forms of dorky

comparativedorkier
superlativedorkiest

Origin of dorky

From dork + -y.

Words formed from dorky

Questions about dorky

What does dorky mean?
Dorky means like a dork.
What part of speech is dorky?
Dorky is an adjective.

Words near dorky in the dictionary

  1. dorkwad
  2. dorkwads
  3. dorkwear
  4. dorkweed
  5. dorkweeds
  6. dorky
  7. dorkyness
  8. dorlach
  9. dorlachs
  10. Dorland
  11. Dorlands

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