different between fank vs mank

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic fang.

Noun

fank (plural fanks)

1. A pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands.

Translations

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ?k/
• Rhymes: -æ?k

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

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

Noun

mank (uncountable)

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

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

• Rhymes: -??k

Adjective

mank (comparative manker, superlative mankst)

1. lame

Inflection

Related terms

• manken
• mankepoot
• manklopen
• verminken