dorky

English

Etymology

From dork +‎ -y.

Adjective

dorky (comparative dorkier, superlative dorkiest)

1. Like a dork.

   Synonym: dorkish

   • 1962, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Last year at Marienbad, page 167:

     I entitled the piece "Dorky", dork being slang for a person who does not belong to popular groups, usually an outsider, an odd person, sometimes inept, other times cranky.

   • 1998, Dana Redfield, Lucy Blue and the Daughters of Light, →ISBN:

     Anyway this dorky guy asks Sallyfrass to dance and she kind of likes him...

Derived terms

• semi-dorky