Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
MANIKIN
mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, form
(noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes
mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model
(noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; “she was too fat to be a mannequin”
manikin, mannikin, homunculus
(noun) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
manikin (plural manikins)
Alternative spelling of mannequin.
A little man (sometimes as a term of endearment).
Synonyms: homunculus, midget, peewee, shorty, titman
A three-dimensional figure, dummy or effigy representing a man or person.
Anagrams
• mankini
Source: Wiktionary
Man"i*kin, n. Etym: [OD. manneken, dim. of man man. See Man, and - kin.]
1. A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.
2. A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and organs, their relative position, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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