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Kaf⋅ka⋅esque

  [kahf-kuh-esk]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of Franz Kafka: the Kafkaesque terror of the endless interrogations.
2. marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity: Kafkaesque bureaucracies.
Origin:
1945–50 Kafka + -esque
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Kaf·ka·esque   (käf'kə-ěsk')   
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to Franz Kafka or his writings.
  2. Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of impending danger: "Kafkaesque fantasies of the impassive interrogation, the false trial, the confiscated passport . . . haunt his innocence" (New Yorker).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Kafkaesque 
1947, resembling situations from the writings of Franz Kafka (1883-1924), German-speaking Jewish novelist born in Prague, Austria-Hungary.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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