boffin Syllabification: (bof·fin)Pronunciation: /ˈbäfin/Translate boffin | into Italian Definition of boffin noun informal, chiefly British a person engaged in scientific or technical research:a computer boffin a person with knowledge or a skill considered to be complex, arcane, and difficult:he had a reputation as a tax boffin, a learned lawyerDerivatives boffiny adjective Origin: World War II: of unknown originboffin in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of boffin in the British & World English dictionary
