robotess

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noun

A robot designated female; a gynoid.

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Meanings

nounrobotess (plural robotesses)

plural robotesses

  1. datedliteratureA robot designated female; a gynoid.

    Turn around, girl. What? You are timid, shy? I wish to experiment on her. ... Let me see you, Robotess.

    1923, Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, Rossum's Universal Robots, page 184

    Synonyms: fembot, gynoid

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA robot designated female; a gynoid.

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Origin

From robot + -ess. From Rossum's Universal Robots (1923).

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