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anorak

Pronunciation: /ˈanərak/

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Definition of anorak

noun

  • 1a waterproof jacket, typically with a hood, of a kind originally used in polar regions.
  • 2British informal, derogatory a studious or obsessive person with unfashionable and largely solitary interests: with his thick specs, shabby shoes, and grey suit, he looks a bit of an anorak

Derivatives

anoraked

adjective

anorakish

adjective

anoraky

adjective

Origin:

1920s: from Greenland Eskimo anoraq. The British English informal sense dates from the 1980s and derives from the anoraks worn by trainspotters, regarded as typifying this kind of person

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The ending of anorak should be spelled -ak.

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