maneen

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noun

A little man.

OriginEnglish man ← Middle English man ← Old English mann →
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Meanings

nounmaneen (plural maneens)

plural maneens

  1. IrelandA little man.

    I was standing at the end of the South Terrace one day with some maneens like myself and sure we thought we were grand fellows because we had pipes stuck in the corners of our mouths.

    1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  2. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  3. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  4. Old Englishmann
  5. Middle Englishman
  6. Englishman
  7. Englishmaneen

From man + -een.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

MeenanNemean
Cite this entry
APA

maneen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maneen

MLA

“maneen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maneen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maneen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maneen.

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