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



RESET




Word of the Day

27 April 2024

GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

coffee icon