English Explanatory Dictionary

designoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. That came up by accident but appears to be designed.
noun
  1. A designoid object.

Word forms

designoid designoids

Etymology

From design + -oid. Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1996 in the book Climbing Mount Improbable.

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