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machinator.

One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor. Latin māchina Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin māchinor Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin māchinātorbor. English machinator Borrowed from Latin māchinātor (“engineer, inventor”).

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