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readymade

 [red-ee-meyd]  

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.

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Readymade is always a great word to know.
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English
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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.
Also, ready-made.

Origin:
< French < English; term introduced by Duchamp in 1915
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