Nerd Definition
nʉrd
nerds
noun
nerds
A foolish, inept, or unattractive person.
American Heritage
A person regarded as socially dull, unsophisticated, awkward, etc., specif., as from being preoccupied with schoolwork, an intellectual hobby, etc.
Webster's New World
(slang, sometimes derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.
Wiktionary
(informal, sometimes derogatory) One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something.
A computer nerd.
A comic-book nerd.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Nerd
Noun
Singular:
nerdPlural:
nerdsOrigin of Nerd
The word, capitalized, appeared in 1950 in Dr. Seuss's If I Ran the Zoo as the name of an imaginary animal:
From Wiktionary
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Perhaps an alteration of nerts (“nuts", "crazy"); see references below.
From Wiktionary
Various unlikely folk etymologies and less likely backronymic speculations also exist.
From Wiktionary
Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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