Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Reminiscent of the
magician andescape artist Harry Houdini.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Houdiniesque.
Examples
-
But there's a problem: "that gift of access, for all its marvelous power to console the lonely ..., is a kind of trick, an act of Houdiniesque illusion."
-
But there's a problem: "that gift of access, for all its marvelous power to console the lonely ..., is a kind of trick, an act of Houdiniesque illusion."
-
Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just pulled off his greatest feat to date: smuggling himself out of Nazi-occupied Prague.
-
Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just pulled off his greatest feat to date: smuggling himself out of Nazi-occupied Prague.
Archive 2006-05-01 2006
-
His dreams had always been Houdiniesque: they were the dreams of a pupa struggling in its blind cocoon, mad for a taste of light and air.
Excerpt: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon 2000
-
Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal rounded off a Harry Houdiniesque escape act on Saturday as he guided Bayern Munich to their 22nd-German league title just months after he was staring at the sack.
-
Barclays 'Houdiniesque feats have come at a price.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.