mannikin

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
  2. noun a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
  3. noun a life-size dummy used to display clothes

Etymology

From Dutch manneken, Middle Dutch mannekijn.

In classic literature

Synonyms

manikin, homunculus

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