STEREOTYPE

I. transitive verb Date: 1804 to make a ~ from, 2. to repeat without variation ; make hackneyed, to develop a mental ~ about, ~r noun II. noun Etymology: French stéréotype, from stéré- stere- + type Date: 1817 a plate cast from a printing surface, something conforming to a fixed or general pattern, stereotypical also stereotypic adjective stereotypically adverb