nerdy

American  

[nur-dee] / ˈnɜr di /

adjective

nerdier, nerdiest

1. Slang. of or like a nerd.

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Etymology

Origin of nerdy

First recorded in 1975–80; nerd + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The artificial-intelligence investment theme can include a lot of hype about demand, colorful language about the future of work, incomprehensible descriptions of computing power, and technical jargon that would test even the nerdiest of experts.

From Barron's

But I can’t miss the tall guy with nerdy glasses and long arms named Legend and a Black kid named Quincy with a tower of hair.

From Literature

How did you feel about that video and that, for something that felt so technical and nerdy, it got really popular.

From Los Angeles Times

All the springboks playing baseball, the pandas who controlled the big wooden slides, even the nerdy pangolins who played D&D in the shade of the library.

From Literature

It’s both extremely nerdy and very watchable, even if all you know about proteins is that you should be eating more of them.

From The Wall Street Journal

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