Definition of MANNEQUIN

mannequin

Plural: mannequins

Noun

  • a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
    • "she was too fat to be a mannequin"
  • a life-size dummy used to display clothes
  • A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes.
  • A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery.
  • An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR.
  • A person who models clothes.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

fashion model, form, manakin, manikin, mannikin, model

Scrabble Score: 20

mannequin: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
mannequin: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mannequin: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 25

mannequin: valid Words With Friends Word