NERDY
What does "NERDY" mean?
Characteristic of a nerd; intensely studious, socially awkward, or obsessively into niche interests.
Meanings
- Resembling or befitting a nerd, especially in being bookish or enthusiastically devoted to specialized hobbies. He gave a charmingly nerdy speech about train timetables. informal
Did you know?
- The earliest known printed 'nerd' is in Dr. Seuss's 'If I Ran the Zoo' (1950), where it names an imaginary creature - the modern meaning came afterward.
Word origin
From 'nerd', which first appeared in print in Dr. Seuss's 1950 book 'If I Ran the Zoo', plus the adjective suffix '-y'.
Remember it
NERDY = NERD + Y; the 'RD' in the middle could stand for 'really dedicated'.
A little poem
He memorized the moons of distant Mars-
and so became the man who mapped our stars.
couplet
Wordplay
- I told my friend his glasses made him look nerdy. He just adjusted them and corrected my pronunciation of 'nerd'.
What it teaches
What looks like nerdy obsession from outside is often just love that refused to be casual.
Quick facts
What does NERDY mean?
Characteristic of a nerd; intensely studious, socially awkward, or obsessively into niche interests.
Is NERDY a valid word?
Yes — NERDY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is NERDY?
NERDY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does NERDY come from?
From 'nerd', which first appeared in print in Dr. Seuss's 1950 book 'If I Ran the Zoo', plus the adjective suffix '-y'.
What can NERDY teach us?
What looks like nerdy obsession from outside is often just love that refused to be casual.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.