Etymology

manqué

Today it means: Unfulfilled due to the vagary of circumstance, some inherent flaw or a constitutional lack. Full definition →

French manqué
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  1. French · borrowed frommanqué
  2. English todaymanqué

Existing in English from the eighteenth century. Borrowed from French manqué, past participle form of manquer (“to lack, to be lacking in”).

Words from the same roots

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