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nerdish

nerdish adjective: like a nerd; having the traits of a nerd.

Adjective

nerdish (comparative more nerdish, superlative most nerdish)

  1. Like a nerd; having the traits of a nerd.
    • The boys whose averageness is marked by their especially pale-skinned, scrawny, and nerdish appearances.2015, Jane Ward, Not Gay, New York University Press, →ISBN, page 184

Forms of nerdish

comparativemore nerdish
superlativemost nerdish

Origin of nerdish

From nerd + -ish.

Words formed from nerdish

Questions about nerdish

What does nerdish mean?
Nerdish means like a nerd; having the traits of a nerd.
What part of speech is nerdish?
Nerdish is an adjective.

Words near nerdish in the dictionary

  1. nerdify
  2. nerdifying
  3. nerdily
  4. nerdiness
  5. nerding out
  6. nerdish
  7. nerdishly
  8. nerdishness
  9. nerdism
  10. nerdisms
  11. nerdistan

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