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lay figure

1. See mannequin.

2. A subservient or insignificant person.

[From obsolete layman, from Dutch leeman, variant of ledenman : obsolete Dutch led, limb (from Middle Dutch lit) + man, man (from Middle Dutch; see manikin).]

lay figure

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) an artist's jointed dummy, used in place of a live model, esp for studying effects of drapery

2. a person considered to be subservient or unimportant

[from obsolete layman, from Dutch leeman, literally: joint-man]

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Noun

lay figure - dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body

dummy - a figure representing the human form

Translations

lay figure

n → Gliederpuppe f; (fig) → Marionette f

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