mannequin English · revision 1666

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈmæn.ɪ.kɪn/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|mannequin]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|dum|mannekijn|t=little man]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) a diminutive of ''man''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline) It is a variant of [[manikin]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A jointed figure of the human body used by artists (1730–36, as ''manequine'').^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(AHD)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The AHD notes that English first took the Dutch word itself, as [[manikin]] (1570), from the language of Dutch painters,^(AHD) and later the French form ''mannequin''.^(AHD) In 1902 the word was applied to a woman employed by dressmakers to wear and show off clothes, a model;^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(AHD) Etymonline dates this sense to 1898.^(Etymonline) The sense of a figure for displaying clothes in shops became common only around 1930.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1570 – ''manikin'', an artist's model (AHD).^(AHD)

+ * 1730–36 – ''manequine'', a jointed figure.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1902 – a woman who models clothes (OED, Barnhart).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * about 1930 – a display dummy, in common use.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A life-size figure of the human body used to fit or display clothes; a [[dummy]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to show the arrangement of [[drapery]]; a [[lay figure]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A person who models clothes.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[manikin]]

+ * [[man]]

+ * [[-kin]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}