brainwork

English

Etymology

brain +‎ work

Noun

brainwork (uncountable)

  1. Work done with the brain; mental effort.
    • 1945 August 17, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
      But not more comfortable than we need, I can tell you, comrades, with all the brainwork we have to do nowadays.
    • 2007 March 21, Will Shortz, “A Rush of Excitement, From Filling in Empty Spaces to Completing a Large Loop”, in New York Times‎:
      Its rules are so simple they can be explained in two sentences, yet the brainwork needed to solve it is quite complex.

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