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語源

• Borrowed from Greenlandic annoraaq.
• (person with obsessive interest): Originally referring to train spotters (because they would wear anoraks while looking out for trains).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈænəɹæk/

名詞

anorak (複数形 anoraks)

1. A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.
   • 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 61:

     Don't ever use the hood on your anorak; and, if you do, for heaven's sake don't pull the string tight so that you peep out like a little baby in a siren suit.

3. (Britain, slang) A person with an unusual or obsessive interest in a niche subject.

   Hyponyms: geek, nerd, otaku

   • 2007 February 15, Maev Kennedy, “I used to say he was England's answer to John Cusack. Now I think he's England's answer to Jack Lemmon”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     He has described himself as the uber-geek, an anorak's anorak, a standard bearer for fellow Star Trekkies everywhere, and his air of bland, amiable bafflement has served him remarkably well in a string of TV and film roles.

派生語

• anorakish

派生した語

• → Greek: άνορακ (ánorak)

参考

• rivet counter
• trainspotter

Further reading

• anorak at The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary
• The Guardian: What do the British mean when they call somebody an "anorak"?

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)