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deus ex machina (n.)
1690s, from Modern Latin translation of Greek
a?p?o? mekhanes theos
, literally "the god from the
machina
," the device by which "gods" were suspended over the stage in Greek theater (see
machine
). The fem. is
dea ex machina
.
