brainiac
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of brainiac
From Brainiac, a superintelligent, villainous alien in the Superman comics, probably brain + (man)iac
Example Sentences
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For its final EP, “Electro-Shock for President,” which arrived only weeks before Taylor’s death, Brainiac employed a more fully realized electronic palette that continues on “Predator Nominate.”
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2023
The Man of Steel’s arch villains - ranging from Lex Luthor to Brainiac to General Zod – have all tried to debilitate Superman with Kryptonite at one point or another.
From Fox News • May 17, 2019
Offering parts one and two of “Dark Victory,” the 30th century story finds Brainiac 5 teaming up with Imperiex to unintentionally unleash his evil side and features the death of a Superman.
From Washington Times • Aug. 10, 2018
There is a storyline in the Superman comics in which an entire Kryptonian city, Kandor, is miniaturised by villain Brainiac.
From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2017
Nerdy Brainiac: Defense secretary nominee Ashton Carter once befuddled a Rhodes Scholarship committee that doubted his hobby – reading electrocardiograms, just for kicks – was legit.
From US News • Feb. 4, 2015
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