Rube Goldberg Definition
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adjective
Of, relating to, or being a contrivance that brings about by complicated means what apparently could have been accomplished simply.
American Heritage
Designating any very complicated invention, machine, scheme, etc. laboriously contrived to perform a seemingly simple operation.
Webster's New World
Origin of Rube Goldberg
After Reuben Lucius (“Rube”) Goldberg (1883–1970), American cartoonist noted for his intricate diagrams of such contrivances
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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