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- adjective UK, informal Obsessively absorbed in a subject, especially an unusual or obscure subject.
Etymologies
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anorak + -ish
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Examples
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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.
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I completely agree with this in principle, having done my own tiny share of anorakish fact-checking and dissecting of slipperiness here over the last couple of years (such as this).
Freemania 2009
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