Gestalt (noun)
ges-talt
something with two or more parts that are so integrated that they are perceived as one.
First used between 1920–25, directly from German Gestalt, “figure, form, structure.”
Example sentences
“The gestalt of the joints showed the carpenter’s skill.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)