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Definition: Mannikin |
MannikinNoun1. A person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal. 2. A woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin". 3. A life-size dummy used to display clothes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mannikin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1726. (references) |
Synonyms: MannikinSynonyms: fashion model (n), form (n), homunculus (n), manakin (n), manikin (n), mannequin (n), model (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Littleness | Dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf; atomy, dandiprat; doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb; manikin, mannikin; homunculus, dapperling,dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf; atomy, dandiprat; doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb; manikin, mannikin; homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Mannikin (1977) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He frowned angrily upon his thought and on the shrivelled mannikin who had called it forth |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The word imports what the Latins call nanunculus the Italians homunceletino, and the English mannikin. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Mannikin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mannikin" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "mannikin": Javanese mannikin. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "mannikin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | reuzenekstertje (magpie mannikin), koekoeksekstertje (bronze mannikin), klein ekstertje (bronze mannikin), glansekstertje (black-and-white mannikin, black-breasted mannikin, rufous-backed mannikin). (various references) | |
French | spermete bicolore (black-and-white mannikin), spermete capuchon (bronze mannikin), spermestes cucullatus (bronze mannikin), spermestes bicolor (black-and-white mannikin), spermète pie (magpie mannikin), spermète nonnette (bronze mannikin), spermète bec bleu (black-and-white mannikin, black-breasted mannikin, rufous-backed mannikin). (various references) | |
German | spermestes cucullatus (bronze mannikin, spermestes cucullatus), spermestes bicolor (black-and-white mannikin, spermestes bicolor), Riesenelsterchen (magpie mannikin), Kleinelsterchen (bronze mannikin, spermestes cucullatus), Glanzelsterchen (black-and-white mannikin, black-breasted mannikin, rufous-backed mannikin, spermestes bicolor). (various references) | |
Greek | spermestes cucullatus (bronze mannikin, spermestes cucullatus), spermestes bicolor (black-and-white mannikin, spermestes bicolor). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אמום (dressmaker's dummy, last of a shoe, model, shape, shoe tree), ס (dwarf, midget, pygmy, runt). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kis emberke (elf, elves, manikin, pigmy, pygmy), apró emberke (manikin). (various references) | |
Italian | spermestes cucullatus (bronze mannikin, spermestes cucullatus), spermestes bicolor (black-and-white mannikin, spermestes bicolor), nonnetta maggiore (magpie mannikin), nonnetta bicolore (black-and-white mannikin, black-breasted mannikin, rufous-backed mannikin), nonnetta (bronze mannikin), cappuccino bronzato (bronze mannikin, spermestes cucullatus), cappuccino bicolore (black-and-white mannikin, spermestes bicolor). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | annikinmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | freirinha-de-cabeça-preta (black-and-white mannikin, black-breasted mannikin, rufous-backed mannikin), freirinha (bronze mannikin), freira (cloistress, mother, nun, religious, sister). (various references) | |
Spanish | maniquí (dummy, manikin, mannequin, poser). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чоловічок (manikin, snip), манекен (dummy, layman, manikin, mannequin). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Lonchura bicolor, Lonchura cucullata, Lonchura fringilloides, Spermestes bicolor, Spermestes cucullatus, Spermestes fringilloides. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mannikin": mannikins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-i-k-m-n-n-n" | |
-1 letter: manikin. | |
-2 letters: nankin. | |
-3 letters: animi, kinin. | |
-4 letters: akin, amin, inia, kain, kami, kina, main, mina, mini, mink. | |
-5 letters: aim, ain, ami, ani, ink, inn, kin, man, nam, nan, nim. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-k-m-n-n-n" | |
+1 letter: mannikins. | |
+2 letters: nicknaming. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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