English Explanatory Dictionary

Poindexter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Jersey Norman.
noun
  1. A bookish or socially unskilled person.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Poindexter.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚ/ /ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Poindexter.wav

Word forms

Poindexter Poindexters

Etymology

From Jersey Norman Poingdestre (literally “right fist”). The sense “bookish or socially unskilled person” is from the character of the same name in the 1959 animated television series Felix the Cat, which is a revival of the original Felix the Cat animated films from 1919 to 1936. Its first use appears c. 1981 in the publication University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Slang.

Synonyms

geek nerd dork flabbergast flabagast flabaghast gink Nigel nosebleed

Derived words

poindexterish
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