robotrix

English

Etymology

From robot +‎ -trix.

Noun

robotrix (plural robotrixes)

1. (science fiction) A female robot, or one with feminine characteristics.
   • 1974, Philip K[indred] Dick, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, New York, N.Y.: DAW Books, Inc., published 1975, page 198:

     The black man paced about across the oil-streaked cement, his arms folded, an absent expression on his face. Evidently he waited for the robotrix attendant to finish fueling up his ship.

   • 1989, Kim Newman, The Night Mayor, London […]: Pocket Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 132:

     The decor was different in every bar — there were chrome-plated Metropolis joints with dancing robotrixes, and sawdust-on-the-floor Western saloons with gunfights and can-can girls — but the faces were the same.

References

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