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Identikit (iou)



Identikit noun. Also identikit. M20.
[Blend of IDENTITY and KIT noun1.]
(Proprietary name for) a reconstructed picture of a person (esp. a suspect sought by police) assembled from features described by a witness or witnesses; transf. an approximate image or conception of anything, comprising the basic or salient features. Freq. attrib.
Clive James A letter..evokes the Identikit Wittgenstein whose components everybody knows. D. Francis Yes, I would help him with an Identikit picture.