单词 | manqué |
释义 | manqué /mahng kay"/; Fr. /mahonn kay"/, adj. having failed, missed, or fallen short, esp. because of circumstances or a defect of character; unsuccessful; unfulfilled or frustrated (usually used postpositively): a poet manqué who never produced a single book of verse. [1770-80; < F, ptp. of manquer to lack, be short of < It mancare, deriv. of manco lacking, defective < ML, LL mancus (L: feeble, lit., maimed, having a useless hand, prob. deriv. of manus hand)] |
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