Definition of Kafka

1. Noun. Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924).

Exact synonyms: Franz Kafka
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kafka

Kacie
Kaczism
Kaczist
Kadai
Kadai language
Kadapa
Kaden
Kadikoy
Kadima
Kadiweu
Kadmos
Kaduna
Kaffir
Kaffir pox
Kafiri
Kafka (current term)
Kafkaesque
Kafocin
Kag-Fer-Jiir-Koor-Ror-Us-Zuksun
Kagawa
Kagay-anon
Kagoshima
Kagulumira
Kagyu
Kahane Chai
Kahlil Gibran
Kahlua
Kahlúa
Kahn
Kahoolawe

Literary usage of Kafka

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

1. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1872)
"Kafka v. Simon. I seems to have gone upon the theory, that unless the merchandise and produce for which tins action was brought had been received by Simon ..."

2. The British Journal of Homoeopathy edited by John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell (1874)
"By Dr. J. Kafka, Prague. THE attentive observer is sometimes disagreeably surprised when, in speeches, magazine reports, new books, or original articles, ..."

3. Transactions of the ... Session of the American Institute of Homœopathy by American Institute of Homeopathy Session (1895)
"Cable messages of greeting from Dr. Kafka and from Drs. Sheldon Leavitt and Wesley A. Dunn were also received and read. Dr. Kafka's message was as follows ..."

4. The English Illustrated Magazine (1891)
"Kafka struggled desperately, for he was within three feet of the door and still believed an escape possible. He tried to strike behind him with his sharp ..."

5. Müller's Serodiagnostic Methods: Authorized Translation from the Third by Paul Theodor Müller (1913)
"... the paratyphoid bacillus, or with the corresponding diagnostica of Ficker. Method of Kafka.10—In addition to the patient's serum, there are required for ..."

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