nerd

WORDNET DICTIONARY

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

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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