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marionette

[ mar-ee-uh-net ]

noun

  1. a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.


marionette

/ ËŒ³¾Ã¦°ùɪəˈ²ÔÉ›³Ù /

noun

  1. an articulated puppet or doll whose jointed limbs are moved by strings
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of marionette1

1610–20; < French marionnette, equivalent to Marion (diminutive of Marie Mary) + -ette -ette
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of marionette1

C17: from French, from Marion, diminutive of Marie Mary + -ette
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Standing next to the prime minister of Israel, who nodded along like a demented marionette, Trump said that the U.S. would take over the Gaza strip and assume a "long-term ownership position."

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Fashion and culture magazine Dazed said it "captured the public's imagination with its broken marionette looks and Pat McGrath's glassy, porcelain make-up".

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His Catholic zealotry prefigures present-day Catholic ideologues like Patrick Deneen and Leonard Leo, not to mention their political marionettes Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.

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It can also reduce the appearance of pores and minimize wrinkles like marionette lines, which go from the nose to the mouth.

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Decked out like a marionette clown with sexual proclivities that refuse to be hemmed in by official categories, he resembles a Howdy Doody figure reconceived for a wild photo spread in Vogue Hommes.

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