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maquette


maquette [ma-ket, muh-] Word Origin noun

  1. a small model or study in three dimensions for either a sculptural or an architectural project.

Origin of maquette 1900–05; French Italian macchietta, diminutive of macchia a sketch, complex of lines Latin macula mesh, spot British Dictionary definitions for maquette maquette noun

  1. a sculptor’s small preliminary model or sketch

Word Origin for maquette C20: from French, from Italian macchietta a little sketch, from macchia, from macchiare, from Latin maculāre to stain, from macula spot, blemish Word Origin and History for maquette n.

“artist’s preliminary model or sketch,” 1903, from French maquette (18c.), from Italian macchietta “speck,” diminutive of macchia “spot,” from macchiare “to stain,” from Latin maculare (see maculate). From 1893 as a French word in English.

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