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read⋅y-made

[red-ee-meyd]
–adjective
1. made in advance for sale to any purchaser, rather than to order: a ready-made coat.
2. made for immediate use.
3. unoriginal; conventional.
–noun
4. readymade.
5. something that is ready-made, as a garment or a piece of furniture or equipment.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME

read⋅y⋅made

[red-ee-meyd]
–noun
an everyday manufactured object, as a bottle rack, a snow shovel, a urinal, or a comb, that may by the creative act of selection and designation by an artist attain status as a work of art: associated almost exclusively with the aesthetic activities of Marcel Duchamp during the period 1915 to 1917.


Origin:
< F < E; term introduced by Duchamp in 1915
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read·y-made or read·y·made   (rěd'ē-mād')
adj.  
  1. Already made, prepared, or available: ready-made clothes.

  2. Handy or expedient, especially because of familiarity, frequent use, or preplanning: a raft of ready-made excuses.

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