anorak
1. A waterproof and windproof jacket, usually with a hood, designed to be worn in cold weather; a parka.
2. (Informal, UK) An unsociable person with an obsessively detailed interest in some hobby.
From Inuit (Greenlandic? Canadian?)
Anorak
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Re: Anorak
Etymonline calls it Greenland Eskimo anoraq. Whence Greenland Eskimo, it sayeth not.
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