Definition of Kluge

1. Noun. Something that should not work, but does. ¹

2. Noun. A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kluge

1. to kludge [v KLUGED, KLUGING, KLUGES] - See also: kludge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kluge

klootch
klootches
klopemania
kludd
kludds
kludge
kludged
kludges
kludgey
kludgie
kludgier
kludgies
kludgiest
kludging
kludgy
kluge (current term)
kluged
kluges
kluging
kluski
klutz
klutzes
klutzier
klutziest
klutziness
klutzinesses
klutzy
kluyveromyces
klystron
klystrons

Literary usage of Kluge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1836)
"DURING the cold autumn of 1817, Dr. kluge first observed this complaint in two ... Dr. kluge considers this disease to be owing to some impediment in the ..."

2. Scandinavian Loan-words in Middle English by Erik Björkman (1900)
"64,1) kluge-Lutz, E. Et. sv scurf, Jessen Et. Ordb. sv skurv) — sc most probably depends on Scand. influence. Still some influence may have been exercised ..."

3. The Home and Foreign Review (1864)
"Dr. kluge now thinks that bis period of earthquake and eruptive activity ... Dr. kluge has attempted to represent graphically the eruptions from 1600 to ..."

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