Associations to the word «Manikin»

Wiktionary

MANIKIN, noun. Alternative spelling of mannequin
MANIKIN, noun. A short person
MANIKIN, noun. A life-size anatomical model used as a teaching aid

Dictionary definition

MANIKIN, noun. A person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal.
MANIKIN, noun. A woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin".
MANIKIN, noun. A life-size dummy used to display clothes.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley