STEAMPUNK

Etymology

Noun

steampunk (countable and uncountable, plural steampunks)

(uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction that depicts advanced technology combined with Victorian style and aesthetics, such as steam-powered machines and vehicles, visible gears and screws and people dressed in 19th-century attires.

(countable) A writer of steampunk fiction.

(countable, cosplay) A person cosplaying as a steampunk character.

Verb

steampunk (third-person singular simple present steampunks, present participle steampunking, simple past and past participle steampunked)

(transitive) To depict in a steampunk manner.

Source: Wiktionary



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