nurdiness (1969)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

HDAS has "nurd" and "nurdy" back to 1960 (from the Yale Record), but
nothing for "nurdiness" (OED3 dates "nerdiness" to 1983).

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http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=494792
The Harvard Crimson
Published on Tuesday, April 22, 1969

Davies, the third improved veteran, has what superficially appears an easy
task as Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.; he must consistently be a pompous nurd.
However, English nurdiness is not the easiest of qualities to maintain,
particularly for a Welshman, and his hysterically funny success in doing
so is certainly the strongest characterization in the entire cast.
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--Ben Zimmer