anorak English · revision 2157

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈænəɹæk/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|kl|annoraaq]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Etymonline) reaching English partly through Danish.^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The weatherproof hooded jacket of skin or cloth worn by the Inuit of Greenland (1924; 1922 in Merriam-Webster).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The name passed in the 1930s to Western jackets made in imitation of the Inuit garment.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In British slang, by the early 1980s, ''anorak'' meant a boring or socially awkward person with an obsessive interest in a narrow subject, from the idea that such people typically wear one.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1924 – the Inuit hooded jacket.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1930s – Western jackets of this kind.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1983–84 – slang, a socially inept enthusiast.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A hooded, weatherproof jacket, often pulled on over the head; a parka.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(British slang)'' A dull person with an obsessive interest in a niche subject.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[parka]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}