English Explanatory Dictionary

Heath Robinson

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Anything ingenious (and often complex) but absurdly impractical or even useless.

Word forms

Heath Robinson Heath Robinsons

Etymology

In reference to the drawings by William Heath Robinson.

Related words

Heath Robinsonesque Heath Robinsonian Rube Goldberg machine

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