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Kafkaesque


Kaf·ka·esque

adj \ˌkäf-kə-ˈesk, ˌkaf-\

Definition of KAFKAESQUE

: of, relating to, or suggestive of Franz Kafka or his writings; especially : having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality <Kafkaesque bureaucratic delays>

First Known Use of KAFKAESQUE

1946

Rhymes with KAFKAESQUE

arabesque, Bunyanesque, copydesk, gigantesque, humoresque, Junoesque, picaresque, picturesque, plateresque, Romanesque, Rubenesque, Runyonesque, sculpturesque, statuesque, Whitmanesque

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