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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lay′ fig′ure, - Fine Arta jointed model of the human body, usually of wood, from which artists work in the absence of a living model.
- a similar figure used in shops to display costumes.
- a person of no importance, individuality, distinction, etc.;
nonentity.
- Dutch leeman, variant of ledenman, equivalent. to leden- (combining form of lid limb, cognate with Old English, Middle English lith) + man man1)
- lay, extracted from obsolete layman 1785–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lay figure n - an artist's jointed dummy, used in place of a live model, esp for studying effects of drapery
- a person considered to be subservient or unimportant
Etymology: 18th Century: from obsolete layman, from Dutch leeman, literally: joint-man |