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noun
An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious.
synonyms: dweeb, grind, nerd, swot.
is a specific kind of: assimilator, learner, scholar.
derivation: bone, bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up | dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail.
Dutch: nerd
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