# Kafkaesque

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌkæfkəˈʔɛsk/ · frequency rank #97,182

## Definitions
1. Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.
2. Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of looming danger.
3. In the manner of something written by Franz Kafka.

## Etymology
From Kafka + -esque, after writer Franz Kafka. Piecewise doublet of Kafkaish.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kafkaesque