mank

• Rhymes: -æŋk

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”).

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

1. (transitive, obsolete) To mutilate.

• mangle

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

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.

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.

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-

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mank (comparative manker, superlative mankst)

1. lame

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