anorakish

Adjective

 * 1)  Obsessively absorbed in a subject, especially an unusual or obscure subject.
 * 2) * 2006, The Times (London, September 2), "Only the togas have changed"
 * The son of a Midlands printer, Harris as a teenager developed an interest in politics as anorakish as other boys’ obsessions with football or pop ...
 * 1) * 2006, Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, (July 8)
 * Now I make this point not just to add a sort of anorakish-footnote to the debate, but so that the episcopate that we are discussing comes a little more clearly into focus for us, in connection to many of the issues that have already been touched upon.
 * 1) * 2006, John Bercow, Member of Parliament (UK), floor debate in the House of Commons, Hansard (June 5)
 * The right hon. Lady gave me the facial impression that she thought my point was narrow, anorakish or even—perish the thought—tendentious.
 * 1) * 2006, John Bercow, Member of Parliament (UK), floor debate in the House of Commons, Hansard (June 5)
 * The right hon. Lady gave me the facial impression that she thought my point was narrow, anorakish or even—perish the thought—tendentious.