monokini

American  

[mon-uh-kee-nee] / ˌmɒn əˈki ni /

noun

1. a close-fitting one-piece bathing suit with cutouts that reveal large areas of skin.

2. a topless bathing suit designed in the 1960s with a high-waisted bottom and two thin straps going from the center of the chest outward in a V shape, and connecting in a halter behind the neck.

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Etymology

Origin of monokini

First recorded in 1960–65; mono- + (bi)kini, as if bikini were formed from the prefix bi- ¹ ( def. )