A friend emails me:
"the characteristics of women that may be disregarded if they are
virtuous¹,
from The Anatomy of Melancholy¹, which includes the following:
she may look like a nerd in a lanthorn¹.
Our Shorter Oxford mentions only the M20 usage of nerd¹,
but can you offer anything more meaningful, I wonder?"
No, I can't, but I lack the learning of certain members of PoetryEtc.
Max
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