edisonade means A genre of science fiction and adventure fiction featuring a brilliant robust inventor, engineer or scientist hero who has an adventure in the wilds of the world, created from the mid-19th century to early 20th century, mostly American. It carries an Arena rating of 1358, earned across 135 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, edisonade ranks #322 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #1,244 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #1,343 of 17,104 for Most Storied Words, #2,373 of 17,163 for Funniest Words.
Why “edisonade” is a great word
EDISONADE — [Noun] A genre of science fiction and adventure fiction featuring a brilliant young inventor-hero who uses ingenuity to explore new territories or overcome adversaries. From the surname of inventor Thomas Edison + the suffix -ade (denoting an action or the product of an action), coined in 1993 by Canadian author and critic John Clute. Unlike "scientific romance," which contemplates the societal implications of marvels, or "steampunk," which revels in anachronistic aesthetic, the Edisonade is a narrative of triumphant, individualist application. It is the crackle of a homemade aetherphone cutting through jungle static, the definitive click of a custom-built device solving an impossible problem, and the clean line a hero's airship cuts across a blank map—a prelapsarian fantasy of technology as an unambiguously liberating key, wielded by the right mind in a world still large enough to be solved.
Etymology
From Edison + -ade, coined by Canadian author John Clute in 1993, after inventor Thomas Edison.
noun
- A genre of science fiction and adventure fiction featuring a brilliant robust inventor, engineer or scientist hero who has an adventure in the wilds of the world, created from the mid-19th century to early 20th century, mostly American.
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