automaton.
(Of thelat.)(do docontroller, t. f. from-tus, and this of theGr. to? t? µat?, spontaneous).
1. m. instrument or apparatus which contains within itself the mechanism that gives certain movements.
2. m. machine that mimics the figure and the movements of being animated.
3. m. Colloq. Person stupid or too weak, allowing direct on the other.
