manque
noun
the numbers 1 to 18 in roulette.
manque
1 American
[mahn k]
/ mɑ̃k /
noun
French.
manqué
2
American
[mahng-key, mahn -key]
/ mɑŋˈkeɪ, mɑ̃ˈkeɪ /
adjective
manqué
British
/ ˈmɒŋkeɪ, mɑ̃ke /
adjective
Etymology
Origin of manque1
Literally, “lack”
Origin of manqué2
1770–80; < French, past participle of manquer to lack, be short of < Italian mancare, derivative of manco lacking, defective < Medieval Latin, Late Latin mancus ( Latin: feeble, literally, maimed, having a useless hand, probably derivative of manus hand)
Example Sentences
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An artist manque, she maintains that her particular skill is to recognize and nurture talent.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
It was a manque version of the hypertheatricality that elevated the band out of scene notoriety to pop ubiquity.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
Philip – a Roth manque – is waiting for the release of his second novel, which is bound to be well received.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2015
Ultimately, all of Walker's principal narrators reveal themselves as dictators manque, people who believe that the truth is whatever they happen to say and who will tolerate no dissenting opinions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Losing no time, I staked another hundred gulden upon the red, and won; two hundred upon the red, and won; four hundred upon the black, and won; eight hundred upon manque, and won.
From The Gambler by C. J. Hogarth
The book tells the story of Viktor Zolotaryov, a novelist manqué in post-Soviet Kyiv who finds work writing obituaries for a local newspaper.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
This début novel is narrated by a writer manqué named Peter, who has dropped out of a Yale Ph.D. program and moved to Charlottesville, where his girlfriend attends medical school.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018
And yet compelling as the theory of Mourinho as a player manqué is, and that as a result he feels the need to master them at all times, this is not a straightforward case.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2017
Or, she was an architect manqué, whose construction oddities like the “staircase to nowhere” were simply the result of a lack of formal training.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2017
Here at last he had found the sweet seduction of a proper pose—that of a grand homme manqué, of a man who would be a genius were it not for the excess of his qualities.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
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