mank

mank

See also: Mank

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æŋk

Etymology 1

From Middle English manken, from Old English mancian, bemancian (“to maim, mutilate”), of obscure origin. Cognate with Dutch and Middle Low German mank (“lame, defective”), Middle High German manc (“lack, defect”). Perhaps from Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled, frail, incomplete”), from Proto-Indo-European *mank-, *menk- (“maimed, mutilation, torment”).

Verb

mank (third-person singular simple present manks, present participle manking, simple past and past participle manked)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To mutilate.

Related terms

• mangle

Etymology 2

Via Polari, from Italian mancare (“to be lacking”), from Latin mancus (“maimed”). See above.

Adjective

mank (not comparable)

1. (Britain, slang, originally Polari) Disgusting, repulsive.

   Synonyms: manky (slang), ming (slang), minging (slang)

   When he eats, he never closes his mouth. It's so mank.

Noun

mank (uncountable)

1. (Britain, slang, originally Polari) Something that is disgusting or manky.

   The plumber had to get all the mank out of the drain.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch manc (“a limping or lame person”), from Latin mancus (“maimed or defective”), from Proto-Indo-European *man-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *man-

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑŋk

Adjective

mank (comparative manker, superlative mankst)

1. lame

Inflection

Inflection of mank
uninflected	mank
inflected	manke
comparative	manker
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		mank	manker	het mankst het mankste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	manke	mankere	mankste
	n. sing.	mank	manker	mankste
	plural	manke	mankere	mankste
definite		manke	mankere	mankste
partitive		manks	mankers	—

Related terms

• manken
• mankepoot
• manklopen
• verminken