Heath Robinsonesque
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Heath Robinson + -esque.
Adjective
[edit]Heath Robinsonesque (comparative more Heath Robinsonesque, superlative most Heath Robinsonesque)
- Ingenious, and often complex, but absurdly impractical or even useless.
- Synonym: rubegoldbergian
- 1987, Barnaby Page, How to copy half a million cassettes (in Crash magazine issue 47, December 1987)
- Putting it all together: the cassette’s been run through a labelling machine, and now this Heath Robinsonesque device adds the inlay and the box in one swift operation, taking about three seconds for each cassette.