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nerd
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nerd has 2 senses
- nerd(n = noun.person) dweeb, grind, swot, wonk - an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious; Array is a kind of assimilator, learner, scholar
- nerd(n = noun.person) Array - an intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession; Array is a kind of expert
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nerd, n. (also nurd) esp. US sl. a foolish, feeble, or uninteresting person.
Derivative
nerdy adj.
Etymology
20th c.: orig. uncert.
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