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gizmotic en · ADJ

Etymology

From gizmo + -ic.

Meanings

1. (slang) Being or relating to a gizmo.
   • When the human player has been sufficiently affronted by the gizmo's calm 100 per cent efficiency, he can pull the lever toward him and reduce the gizmotic grasp of the situation to 98 per cent or to 95 per cent or to whatever mechanical I.Q. level, right down to idiocy, will give the human player a chance. 1962, Saturday Review - Volume 45, Issue 4, page 14:
   • Nobody had ever brought such neat gizmotic objects before, and Walt loves doodads, geegaws, and electronic Frisbees of all kinds 1994, PC/Computing - Volume 7, page 100:
   • Professor Nickell and his lazy-eyed underlings had been seated in front of their screens and gizmotic panels, dully performing their routine, but as for Eve? 2017, Stefan Merrill Block, Oliver Loving, →ISBN, page 127:

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