manikin
pronunciation
How to pronounce manikin in British English:
UK [ˈmænɪkɪn]
How to pronounce manikin in American English:
US [ˈmænɪkɪn]
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- Noun:
- a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
- a life-size dummy used to display clothes
Word Origin
- manikin
- manikin: see man
- manikin (n.)
- 1560s, "jointed figure used by artists," from Dutch manneken, literally "little man," diminutive of Middle Dutch man (see man (n.)). Sense and spelling often blended with mannequin.
Example
- 1. Far better to have your leaders pay lip service to " freedom " and " human rights " as they coercively mold you into a docile little manikin fit for their desired bureaucratic utopia .
- 2. The manikin 's flaps correspond to lecture topics such as the circulatory system , the brain and nervous system , the skeleton and muscles , venereal disease and the physiology of reproduction ( male and female ) , first aid , and the dangers of corseting ( visible in the far right ) .