identikit

adjective, sometimes capitalized iden·ti·kit \ " \

Definition of identikit

chiefly British

: produced by or as if by the routine assembly of stock materials : lacking variety or individuality : prefabricated, stereotyped

the type of bland, middlebrow, identikit novel
—Quentin Oates

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Origin and Etymology of identikit

from Identi-Kit, a trademark

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First Known Use: 1962

in the meaning defined above

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Identi-Kit

trademark Iden·ti-Kit \ īˈdentə̇ˌkit \

Definition of Identi-Kit

—used for a method of creating a picture (as of the face of a person wanted by police) by combining several separate images (as of different features)