automatous

English

Etymology

From Latin automatus, Ancient Greek αὐτόματος (autómatos). See automaton.

Adjective

automatous (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of automatic.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     Clocks, or automatous organs, whereby we distinguish of time, have no mention in ancient writers.

References

• “automatous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.