English Explanatory Dictionary

-o-matic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Appended to titles of (often fictional) machines, especially to suggest that the verb to which the suffix is appended is its primary function.

Word forms

-o-matic

Etymology

Back-formation from automatic.

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