Definitions for rube goldbergˈrub ˈgoʊld bɜrg
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Rube Gold•bergˈrub ˈgoʊld bɜrg(adj.)
having a fantastically complicated, improvised appearance:
a Rube Goldberg arrangement of flasks and test tubes.
deviously complex and impractical.
Origin of Rube Goldberg:
1955–60; after Rube(Reuben)Goldberg (1883–1970), U.S. cartoonist
Princeton's WordNet
Goldberg, Rube Goldberg, Reuben Lucius Goldberg(noun)
United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970)
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