anorak


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
anorak/ˈanərak/
noun
  • 1 a waterproof jacket, typically with a hood.
  • 2 Brit. informal a studious or obsessive person with largely solitary interests.
– derivatives
anoraky adjective,
anorakish adjective.
– origin 1920s: from Greenland Eskimo anoraq.
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