Meaning of anorakish | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsessively absorbed in a subject, especially an unusual or obscure subject.

British, informal

Examples

“Joining a 'computer group' may sound⟳ incredibly anorakish but you'll probably find⟳ that most of the other members are bearably human!”

“College readers of Tolkien's work⟳ had a tenacity and anorakish single-mindedness matched only by the Trekkies who would soon follow⟳.”

“2006, The Times (London, September 2), "Only the togas have⟳ changed" The son of a Midlands printer, Harris as a teenager developed an interest⟳ in politics as anorakish as other boys’ obsessions with football or pop ...”

“Now I make⟳ this point⟳ not just to add⟳ a sort⟳ of anorakish-footnote to the debate⟳, but so that the episcopate that we are discussing comes a little more clearly into focus⟳ for us, in connection to many of the issues that have⟳ already been touched upon.”

“The right hon. Lady gave me the facial impression that she thought my point⟳ was narrow, anorakish or even—perish the thought—tendentious.”

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