Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
autocar n.
Which is it to be? We observe that the London Times has lent the weight of its authority to the word “autocar,” which it now prints without the significant inverted commas but with a hyphen, “auto-car.” We believe that the vocable originated with a journal called the Hardwareman, which succeeded in obtaining the powerful support of the Engineer for its offspring. As for ourselves, being linguistic purists, we do not care for hybrid constructions–“auto” is Greek, while “car” is Latin and Celtic. At the same time, such clumsy phrases as “horseless carriages,” “mechanical road carriages,” and “self-propelled vehicles” are not meeting with general favour. Why not therefore adopt the philogically sound “motor-car,” which could be run into a single word, “motorcar”? [“The Electrical Engineer,” Dec. 20, 1895] Liberaldictionary.com
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper Examples from the Web for autocar Historical Examples of autocar
Stepping from the autocar, Sethos felt the night breeze on his face.
Con Pederson
You’ll be followed by an autocar that will pick you up whenever you get tired.
Con Pederson
