marionette
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- noun
- /ˌmɛriəˈnɛt/
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marioneta
- Destiny is a talented artist, creating striking marionettes in beautiful costumes; he makes extra money selling satin-and-velvet jesters' caps.
- marionette or puppet
And I had this sudden vision of a wooden marionette being connected to strings, to four birds and being lifted.
- And I had this sudden vision of a wooden marionette being connected to strings, to four birds and being lifted.
- And you'll see this often translated in the metaphysics as marionettes.
- But in the movie, it's necessary for the puppet, who's still wouldn't headed and still a marionette whose strings are being pulled by others.
Examples
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ISABELLA: For my sixth birthday, we had a private marionette show.
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We are the marionette club.
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This is exactly what we found at the marionette theatre.
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And I had this sudden vision of a wooden marionette being connected to strings, to four birds and being lifted.
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Each year, after dinner, the Luckscheins went to a marionette theater to see a medieval miracle play of the Nativity.
Fiction book (1999) -
After the Forman brothers' show, I went backstage to look at their marionettes.
Academic text (1997) -
At the festival, children were thrilled to watch the marionette move gracefully across the stage.
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The marionette show featured a charming story that captivated both kids and adults alike.
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During the performance, the skilled puppeteer made the marionette dance and interact with the audience.
Synonyms
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A doll moved by hand or strings for shows
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
marionette = Marion (opaque) = marion + ette
Although built from the name 'Marion' plus the diminutive suffix '-ette', the meaning 'puppet' is not predictable from these parts for an average learner.
Etymology
Marionette comes from the old French marionnette, made from Marion, a form of Marie meaning 'Mary', plus -ette meaning 'little', so it literally meant 'little Mary'. These small figures were used in church plays and later the name came to mean any small puppet moved by strings, which is why a marionette today is a puppet controlled from above.