Kafkaesque

Meaning

1. Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.
2. In the manner of something written by Franz Kafka.
3. Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of looming danger.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree English Kafka Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Vulgar Latin -iscus Italian -escobor. French -esquebor. English -esque English Kafkaesque From Kafka + -esque, after writer Franz Kafka. Piecewise doublet of Kafkaish.

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