Manx

[mangks]

adjective

1. of or relating to the Isle of Man, its inhabitants, or their language.

noun

1. (used with a plural verb),  the inhabitants of the Isle of Man.

2. the Gaelic of the Isle of Man, virtually extinct.

Manx

/ mæŋks /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Isle of Man, its inhabitants, their language, or their dialect of English

noun

1. a language of the Isle of Man, belonging to the N Celtic branch of the Indo-European family and closely related to Scottish Gaelic

2. (functioning as plural) the people of the Isle of Man

Word History and Origins

Origin of Manx¹

1565–75; syncopated and metathesized form of earlier Manisk ( e ) < Old Norse manskr of the Isle of Man, equivalent to Man name of the island + -skr adj. suffix denoting origin ( -ish ¹ )

Word History and Origins

Origin of Manx¹

C16: earlier Maniske, from Scandinavian, from Mana Isle of Man + -iske _-ish

Example Sentences

While the Manx public are "amazing" at giving to charities, Ms Irwin said, the current financial climate meant people had less to spare.

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Workers on the Isle of Man have said they would like to a see a proposed 9.9% increase in the Manx minimum wage "because everything is getting expensive and out of reach".

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Proposed laws to give terminally ill adults on the Isle of Man the right to choose to end their own lives have been agreed by the Manx parliament.

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Anyone over the age of 18 and with a prognosis of 12 months or fewer to live would be eligible, under the legislation being debated in the Manx parliament.

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The 'Manx Missile' ended his career fittingly with victory in Singapore in November - a month after he was knighted.

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