plastiskin

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noun

synthetic skin, especially that of an android.

OriginEnglish skin ← Middle English skyn ← Proto-Germanic *skinþą →
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Meanings

nounplastiskin (uncountable)
  1. uncountableliteraturesynthetic skin, especially that of an android.

    Gavin's supple, plastiskin face was somber, his voice subdued. Ursula could tell that he had been doing a lot of thinking.

    1986, David Brin, “Lungfish”, in The River of Time, Niles, Illinois: Dark Harvest, →ISBN, page 340

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  2. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  3. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  4. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  5. Latinplasticus
  6. Englishplastic
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kenH-
  8. Proto-Germanic*skinþą
  9. Middle Englishskyn
  10. Englishskin
  11. Englishplastiskin

Blend of plastic + skin.

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APA

plastiskin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plastiskin

MLA

“plastiskin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plastiskin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plastiskin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plastiskin.

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