English Explanatory Dictionary

Heath Robinsonesque

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Ingenious, and often complex, but absurdly impractical or even useless.

Word forms

Heath Robinsonesque more Heath Robinsonesque most Heath Robinsonesque

Etymology

From Heath Robinson + -esque.

Synonyms

rubegoldbergian
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on H Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary