Definition of Capek

1. Noun. Czech writer who introduced the word 'robot' into the English language (1890-1938).

Exact synonyms: Karel Capek
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright, Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capek

Cape buffalo
Cape buffalos
Cape dagga
Cape hunting dog
Cape kafferboom
Cape lion
Cape lions
Cape lobster
Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope Province
Cape periwinkle
Cape primrose
Cape triangle
Cape triangles
Cape tulip
Capek (current term)
Capella
Capet
Capetian
Capetian dynasty
Capeverdean
Capeverdean Crioulo
Capgras
Capgras' phenomenon
Capgras' syndrome
Capgras delusion
Capillaria aerophila
Capillaria bovis
Capillaria brevipes
Capillaria hepatica

Literary usage of Capek

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

1. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1897)
"Although the literature on the Cuckoo and its reproductive vagaries is already so large, Herr Capek has done well, we think, in giving us the benefit of his ..."

2. The Hussite Wars by Francis Lützow (1914)
"As soon as the defeat appeared certain Capek of San, with his cavalry, ... Capek, whose cavalry might at least have attempted to cover the retreat, ..."

3. Our Slavic Fellow Citizens by Emily Greene Balch (1910)
"t Capek, pages 98-105. Capek speaks of various other immigrants of the early nineteenth century, one of them an associate of John Jacob Astor, besides those ..."

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