FIGURINE

figurine, statuette

(noun) a small carved or molded figure

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

figurine (plural figurines)

A small carved or molded figure; a statuette.

Source: Wiktionary


Fi`gu`rine" ( or ), n. Etym: [F., dim. of figure.]

Definition: A very small figure, whether human or of an animal; especially, one in terra cotta or the like; -- distinguished from statuette, which is applied to small figures in bronze, marble, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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