monokini

[mon-uh-kee-nee]

noun

Origin of monokini

First recorded in 1960–65; mono- + (bi)kini

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In the swimsuit family, the monokini is the cousin who put herself through college as a pole dancer.
The Return of the Monokini
Renata Espinosa
July 22, 2009

1964, from mono- + bikini, on mistaken notion that the bi- element was the Greek prefix meaning "two."