identikit

noun
/aɪˈdɛntɪkɪt/UK/aɪˈdɛntəkɪt/

Etymology

Blend of identification + kit, originally a trademark.

  1. derived from *kitjō-,*kut-
  2. derived from kitte
  3. inherited from kyt,kytt,kytte
  4. compounded as identikit — “identification + kit

Definitions

  1. A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to…

    A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to construct a likeness of a person sought for a crime.

  2. Indistinguishable from each other

    Indistinguishable from each other; mass-produced or mass marketed.

    • These identikit destinations have been developed through the activities of multinational tourism organizations.
    • These identikit productions do not require specific performers to bring a new interpretation but require the repetition of the successful event for the paying audience.
    • She guesses it is only a few years old; one of seven identikit mock-Tudor mansions built on a recent cul-de-sac development just outside Chichester.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for identikit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA