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designoid

designoid adjective: that came up by accident but appears to be designed.

Adjective

designoid (not comparable)

  1. That came up by accident but appears to be designed.

Noun

designoid (plural designoids)

  1. A designoid object.

Forms of designoid

pluraldesignoids

Origin of designoid

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

Questions about designoid

What does designoid mean?
Designoid means that came up by accident but appears to be designed.
What part of speech is designoid?
Designoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near designoid in the dictionary

  1. designless
  2. designlessly
  3. designlessness
  4. designment
  5. designments
  6. designoid
  7. designoids
  8. designs
  9. designs to cost
  10. designwise
  11. designy

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