anorakish
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Obsessively absorbed in a subject, especially an unusual or obscure subject.
British usage; Informal
Example Sentences
- "Joining a 'computer group' may sound incredibly anorakish but you'll probably find that most of the other members are bearably human!"
- "College readers of Tolkien's work had a tenacity and anorakish single-mindedness matched only by the Trekkies who would soon follow."
- "2006, The Times (London, September 2), "Only the togas have changed" The son of a Midlands printer, Harris as a teenager developed an interest in politics as anorakish as other boys’ obsessions with football or pop ..."
- "Now I make this point not just to add a sort of anorakish-footnote to the debate, but so that the episcopate that we are discussing comes a little more clearly into focus for us, in connection to many of the issues that have already been touched upon."
- "The right hon. Lady gave me the facial impression that she thought my point was narrow, anorakish or even—perish the thought—tendentious."
Etymology
Etymology tree English anorak Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English anorakish From anorak + -ish.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more anorakish (comparative)
most anorakish (superlative)