mank

Meanings

Verb

To mutilate.

Adj

Disgusting, repulsive.
Synonym of manky (“being or having bad weather”).

Noun

Something that is disgusting or manky.

Origin / 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

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