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mannequin.

A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for martial arts training or the fitting or displaying of clothes.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈman.ɪ.kɪn/India, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, contemporary/ˈmæn.ɪ.kɪn//ˈmɛn.ə.kən/New-Zealand
  1. A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for martial arts training or the fitting or displaying of clothes.

  2. A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery.

  3. An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR.

  4. A person who models clothes.

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French mannequin, derived from Old French [Term?] (“little man, figurine”), derived from Middle Dutch mannekin (“little man”) or mannekijn (see English manikin), diminutive of man (“man”). By surface analysis, man + -kin. Compare ramequin/ramekin. Doublet of manakin and manikin.

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