mank

See also: Mank, mänk, and mänk-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæŋk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æŋk

Etymology 1

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”).

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. (British, slang, originally Polari) Disgusting, repulsive.

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

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

2. (Antarctica, slang) Synonym of manky (“being or having bad weather”)
   • 1978, Anthony Smith, Wilderness, page 40:

     Antarctica can be dingle, with clear skies, or mank, with nothing of the sort.

   • 1983, Portrait of Antarctica, page 154:

     This typical 'mank' weather does not stop fur seal pups from exploring.

Noun

mank (uncountable)

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

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

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

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑŋk

Adjective

mank (comparative manker, superlative mankst)

1. lame

Declension

Declension 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

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mank

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian manco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mank/

Adverb

mank

1. not even

Related terms

• lamank (sulamank)
• mankament
• mankanza
• mmanka

 

Plautdietsch

Etymology

Compare German mang. Related to English among.

Preposition

mank

1. among, amongst
   • 2003, De Bibel, Markus (Mark) 10:43:

     Mank junt saul daut oba nich soo sennen; wäa mank junt well groot sennen, saul jun Deena sennen;

     But that shall not be so among you; whoever wants to be great among you shall be your servant;

See also

• Low German: mang