mutie

English

Noun

mutie (plural muties)

1. (science fiction) A mutant.
   • 1983, Gregory Benford, Against Infinity, New York, N.Y.: Avon Eos, published 1998, →ISBN, page 108:

     Manuel waded through rivulets of the dirty water. It steamed away or gurgled into cracks. Some muties were so addled that they kept slurping at the runoff even though the hunt was storming past, the thumps and snaps of men firing clear in the air.

References

• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “mutie, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.