waldo

nounattested in dialogue

//ˈwɔːl.dəʊ//

Synonym of telefactor.

noun

1
Synonym of telefactor.
Waldo flexed and extended his fingers gently; the two pairs of waldoes in the screen followed in exact, simultaneous parallelism.

Etymology

From the Robert A. Heinlein story Waldo, published in Astounding in 1940, derived from the name of the eponymous protagonist, Waldo F. Jones, who invented remote manipulators to overcome his own myasthenia gravis.

Forms

plural: waldos, waldoes

wakes · A community holiday, particularly in northern England.waking · Occurring during wakefulness.Walden · A surname.

waldo · Synonym of telefactor.

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