automatous

adjective

au·​tom·​a·​tous

-mətəs

: of, like, or suggestive of an automaton : automatic, mechanical

the relentless automatous march of an army

Word History

Etymology

Latin automatus, from Greek automatos

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined above

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