figurette

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English

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Etymology

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From figure +‎ -ette.

Noun

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figurette (plural figurettes)

  1. A figurine.
    • 1921, The Graphic, volume 103, page 444:
      [] may be discovered not far from a charming statuette of Queen Alexandra, and there is also the figurette of King George's elder brother.
    • 2006 July 28, Megan Marshall, “The boisterous life of a libertine who worked with Mozart”, in The New York Times[1]:
      [] the sausages of Bologna, and even the macaroni of Naples and the plaster figurettes of Lucca.