matryoshka

/ ˌmætrɪˈɒʃkə /

noun

1. another word for Russian doll

Word History and Origins

Origin of matryoshka¹

C20: from Russian matreshka mother, highly respected lady

Example Sentences

The campaign, alternately nicknamed Operation Overload or Operation Matryoshka, after Russian nesting dolls, used email accounts and social media profiles on X to blast already overburdened disinformation experts with frivolous requests to debunk content.

From New York Times

She becomes a Matryoshka doll in every way imaginable.

From Los Angeles Times

Two theoretical physicists at Goethe University Frankfurt have now found a new solution to Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, according to which gravitational stars could be structured like a Russian matryoshka doll, with one gravastar located inside another.

From Science Daily

Daniel Jampolski, who discovered the solution as part of his Bachelor's thesis supervised by Luciano Rezzolla, says: "The nestar is like a matryoshka doll," adding that, "our solution to the field equations allows for a whole series of nested gravastars."

From Science Daily

If you want to find something in their garbage dump of apps and options, you must use Spotlight, Apple’s AI-powered search engine that can find everything from text messages to that one setting that they’ve buried deep in a Matryoshka of bolted-on features.

From Scientific American