brainchild

American  

[breyn-chahyld] / ˈbreɪnˌtʃaɪld /

Or brain-child,

noun

plural

brainchildren

1. a product of one's creative work or thought.

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brainchild British  

/ ˈbreɪnˌtʃaɪld /

noun

1. informal an idea or plan produced by creative thought; invention

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Etymology

Origin of brainchild

First recorded in 1880–85; brain + child

Example Sentences

This brainchild of a mathematics professor had only one flaw: it was way ahead of its time.

From Barron's

The concept is the brainchild of the pair's shared agent Stuart Duguid, who said the players will "do fine" financially from the match but that money is "not what is driving this".

From BBC

The latest recreation of this concept, which was confirmed on Tuesday, is the brainchild of the Evolve agency which represents both Sabalenka and Kyrgios.

From BBC

Made up of local residents wanting to save eateries that survived the fire, the dining club is the brainchild of Brooke Lohman-Janz, a displaced renter determined to preserve the fabric of Altadena.

From Los Angeles Times

Vogue World, a brainchild of Wintour, is now in its fourth year, with prior stops in New York, London and Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal