Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boffiny

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: boffiny
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a boffin; nerdy.

Informal

Example Sentences

"He is just annoyed because he was refused entry last year on grounds of not being boffiny enough. Which is frightening as James can recite all the books of the Bible, and the periodic table, off by heart, in song."
"2022, Simon Williams, Pandamonium!: How (Not) to Run a Record Label […] but at some key point in my so-called decade-long tenure there was a key piece of research that the boffiny NME publishing bigwiggoes indulged in."

Etymology

From boffin + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: boffin

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more boffiny (comparative) most boffiny (superlative)

Questions

What does boffiny mean?: Like a boffin; nerdy.
Where does boffiny come from?: From boffin + -y.

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