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-o-matic

-o-matic suffix: appended to titles of (often fictional) machines, especially to suggest that the verb to which the suffix is appended is its primary function.

Suffix

-o-matic

  1. Appended to titles of (often fictional) machines, especially to suggest that the verb to which the suffix is appended is its primary function.
    • The Fix-o-Matic 2000 set about repairing the old car.

Origin of -o-matic

Back-formation from automatic.

Questions about -o-matic

What does -o-matic mean?
-o-matic means appended to titles of (often fictional) machines, especially to suggest that the verb to which the suffix is appended is its primary function.
What part of speech is -o-matic?
-o-matic is a suffix.

Words near -o-matic in the dictionary

  1. -nomy
  2. -nym
  3. -nymy
  4. -o
  5. -o-
  6. -o-matic
  7. -o-meter
  8. -o-rama
  9. -o-saurus
  10. -oan
  11. -oate

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