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goldbergian

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Gold⋅berg⋅i⋅an

  [gohld-bur-gee-uhn]
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–adjective
Rube Goldberg.
Origin:
Goldberg + -ian

Rube Goldberg

 
–noun
1. having a fantastically complicated, improvised appearance: a Rube Goldberg arrangement of flasks and test tubes.
2. deviously complex and impractical: a Rube Goldberg scheme for reducing taxes.
Also, Goldbergian, Rube Goldbergian.

Origin:
1955–60; after Rube (Reuben) Goldberg
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Rube Goldberg 
1940, from the U.S. cartoonist Reuben Lucius Goldberg (1883-1970) who devised fantastically complex gadgetry to accomplish simple tasks. His British counterpart was Heath Robinson (1872-1944).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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