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nerdette en · NOUN

Etymology

From nerd + -ette.

Meanings

1. A female nerd.
   • You might expect literary magazine to be filled with Goth kids and weirdos, but at this school lit mag attracts the best of the good girls, awkward nerdettes who care about Emily Dickinson and dream of the day they'll get their letter from Swathmore, […] 2008, Madeleine George, Looks, Viking, →ISBN:
   • He shook his head. "It's in your impound lot. You know what a Barrett light fifty is?" "I'm a materials forensics nerdette, so, no. What's a Barrett light fifty?" 2001, P. T. Deutermann, Hunting Season, St. Martin's Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 141:
   • Get off the stage, nerdette. I do all the MCing around here. 2017 Baby Brent, "My Pop Is Tops", Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (addressing Sam Sparks)
   • We thought I might do a few little tricks to impress her—make a barometer or a floating compass, say, or draw an ellipse with a trammel, or just clue her in to, say, fractions. Assuming she was enough of a nerdette to be impressed by such things, […] 2009, Brian D'Amato, In the Courts of the Sun, Dutton, →ISBN:

Forms

Synonyms

geekette