Einsteiny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪnstaɪni/
ipa: /-ʃtaɪ-/
ipa: /ˈaɪnˌstaɪni/
Forms: form: more Einsteiny
form: most Einsteiny
Etymology: [Alt: Portrait of Albert Einstein]
From Einstein + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’), referring to the German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein (1879–1955).
Senses: examples: text: The incorporated technology is based on absolutely serious alt-fact science – that old familiar Einsteiny, time dilation thingy only in reverse – which also forms the basis of much of LaLa Valley's tech AI prowess.
ref: 2023, Steve G. Romaniuk, 124C41, Tales from the Alternate Universe, volume 1, [S.l.]: MobileTimesToday:
antonyms: non-Einsteinian
un-Einsteinian
glosses: Characteristic of or resembling Albert Einstein, or his theory of relativity; Einsteinian.
examples: text: […] Momik strains every muscle to look as if he's asleep, […] we have the most hilarious dreams around here, and sometimes he has a really Einsteiny idea, like when he pretends to be talking in his sleep and says, Kick it to me, Joe, we're going to win this game, Danny, and things like that to make them happy, […]
ref: 1989, David Grossman, “Momik”, in Betsy Rosenberg, transl., See Under: Love […], New York, N.Y.: Farrar Straus Giroux, →ISBN, page 51:
text: Sometimes grandparents want to look after the grandchildren but have forgotten how, or are unable to see important safety or nutritional points such as that a baby needs to be in a proper car restraint or a bag of lollies just before going home to bed is not exactly an Einsteiny manoeuvre.
ref: 1997, Kaz Cooke, “Child Care, Kindergarten and Preschool”, in Kidwrangling: The Real Guide to Caring for Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers, Viking, published 2003, →ISBN, part 4 (Parenting), pages 472–473:
text: Terence is this gangly, Einsteiny seventeener who has really low EQ, as in emotional quotient.
ref: 2004, Maria L[eonida] Fres-Felix, Making Straight Circles: Short Story Collection (Philippine Writers Series), Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines: University of the Philippines Press, →ISBN, page 27:
text: Correct position simply means that when i sing or play my harmonica to save my voice, i need to find the correct chord that goes with the harmonica or voicing. Nothing Einsteiny here, just me.
ref: 2009, Lord De Provence [pseudonym?], How to Win the Eurovision Song Contest, [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu.com, →ISBN:
antonyms: non-Einsteinian
un-Einsteinian
glosses: Characteristic of or resembling Albert Einstein, or his theory of relativity; Einsteinian.
Highly intelligent; brilliant.
examples: text: The windows [of the bus] were all open in the back, and the wind blew everyone's hair into wild Einsteiny puffs.
ref: 2010, Jodi Lynn Anderson, Loser/Queen, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 98:
text: He had a kind of Einsteiny thing going on—a spray of hair radiating out in all directions as if he'd stuck his finger in an electric socket.
ref: 2014 November, Christy Kidd, Mark Kidd, with Timothy Flapp, A Modern Marriage: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 172:
text: On this evening (it was seven-ish, late summer), his permanent five o'clock shadow looked polished-on in the sunlit living room, and I noticed his hair was freshly washed, fluffy and Einsteiny.
ref: 2018, Anne Kennedy, “Acknowledgements”, in The Ice Shelf, Wellington: Victoria University Press, →ISBN:
text: His hair is shorter, less Einsteiny, and he's freshly shaved.
ref: 2020, Jennifer Honeybourn, chapter 6, in The Do-over, New York, N.Y.: Swoon Reads, →ISBN:
text: Your hand is never down in history and your hair's always a bit Einsteiny.
ref: 2020, William Hussey, “Then: Saturday 23rd November: The Library”, in Hideous Beauty, London: Usborne Publishing, →ISBN:
antonyms: non-Einsteinian
un-Einsteinian
glosses: Characteristic of or resembling Albert Einstein, or his theory of relativity; Einsteinian.
Of hair, sticking out wildly.
Related terms: Einstein
einstein
Einstein field equation
Einsteinianism
Einsteinian relativity
Einsteinism
einsteinium
Einstein-Rosen bridge
Einstein's constant