English Explanatory Dictionary

mank

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To mutilate.
adj
  1. Disgusting, repulsive.
  2. Synonym of manky (“being or having bad weather”).
noun
  1. Something that is disgusting or manky.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈmæŋk/ [ˈmæŋk] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mank.wav /ˈmeɪ̯ŋk/ [ˈmeɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈmɛ̃ŋk/ [ˈmɛ̃ŋk]

Word forms

mank manks manking manked

Etymology

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

Synonyms

manky ming minging

Related words

mangle
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