# Poindexter

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈpɔɪnˌdɛkstɚ/ · frequency rank #56,984

## Definitions
1. A surname from Jersey Norman.

## 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 cartoon Felix the Cat. Its first use appears c. 1981 in the publication University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Slang.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/poindexter