brainchild

noun

brain·​child ˈbrān-ˌchī(-ə)ld How to pronounce brainchild (audio)
: a product of one's creative effort

Examples of brainchild in a Sentence

The museum is the brainchild of a wealthy art collector. the artificial language Esperanto was the brainchild of L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish oculist
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The club itself is the brainchild of Tom Garfinkel, CEO of the Miami Dolphins, which is the organization that owns and operates the Hard Rock Stadium. Howard Walker, Robb Report, 4 Feb. 2025 The brand is the brainchild of Baltimore resident and Manchester, England, transplant Steve Arzoni, who as CEO has spent the past six years with his team developing protective materials for sports such as flag football, 7-on-7 football and soccer. Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2025 Blue Origin, founded in 2000, is the brainchild of Amazon CEO Bezos who envisions the company as a regular provider of space transport for both cargo and crew and a major player in making humanity both an on-world and off-world species, with millions of people eventually living in space. Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025 The Hooker telescope was the brainchild of the observatory’s director, George Ellery Hale, and was designed to, among other things, solve the spiral nebulae puzzle, thanks to a generous $45,000 gift from Californian philanthropist John Hooker. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for brainchild 

Word History

First Known Use

1628, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of brainchild was in 1628

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“Brainchild.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brainchild. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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