mechanomorphicadj.
/ˌmɛkənəˈmɔːfɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛkənəˈmɔrfɪk/ Having the form or qualities of a machine or mechanism.
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mechanomorphica1885
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a1885 D. D. Whedon Ess., Rev. & Discourses (1887) 265 A still more curious notion of dignity..rejects the anthropomorphic and substitutes therefor a mechanomorphic theory.
1926 B. H. Streeter Reality i. 22 Mechanomorphic materialism.
1949 A. Huxley Prisons 16 Cubists who liked to paint machines or to represent human figures as though they were the parts of machines..As for the representation of human beings in mechanomorphic groups—this is effective only to a certain point.
1992 Guardian 16 May 26 [The sculptor F. E. McWilliam] creates a series of memorable figurative works in the broken-surfaced symbolic style..culminating in the mechanomorphic bronze Figures of 1960–62, which in their angular dynamics ironically parody the static solidities of Moore's reclining women.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.a1885- to be shorter by a head
- to be shot
- to be shot between wind and water
- to be shot by the board
- to be shot on the post
- to be shot out
- to be sick of that record
- to be sinking
- to be skewed
- to be skin and bone
- to be skin and bones
- to be slain in the spirit
- to be slow off the mark
- to be small matter
- to be smart
- to be so bold
- to be so kind as to do something
- to be so kind kind enough to do something
- to be so minded
- to be so —— it isn't funny
- to be so —— it isn't true
- to be soft on
- to be someone's huckleberry
- to be something to
- to be soppy on