Crossword clues for manque
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1778, from French manqué (fem. manquée), past participle of manquer "to miss, be lacking" (16c.), from Italian mancare, from manco, from Latin mancus "maimed, defective," from PIE *man-ko- "maimed in the hand," from root *man- "hand" (see manual (adj.)).
Wiktionary
a. (context postpositive English) unable to fully realise one's ambitions; would-be
WordNet
adj. unfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition [syn: would-be(a)]
Wikipedia
Manqué (feminine, manquée) is a term used in reference to a person who has failed to live up to a specific expectation or ambition. It is usually used in combination with a profession: for example, a career civil servant with political prowess who nonetheless never attained political office might be described as a "politician manqué". It can also be used relative to a specific role model; a second-rate method actor might be referred to as a " Marlon Brando manqué".
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Manqué is the past participle of the French verb, manquer, to miss
- Manqué (or manquée), used in English, means unfulfilled or potential, generally with reference to a profession (as in "actor manqué" or " Bond girl manquée").
- Mathematician manqué is a would-be mathematician, particularly a philosopher.
- Lack (manque), a concept in the work of philosopher Jacques Lacan
- Manque is the set of slots 1-18 in a game of roulette.
- Le Manque is a French film of 1977.
Usage examples of "manque".
Les occasions ne lui ont cependant pas manque, ce qui ne doit pas te surprendre, beau garcon, officier brillant, heritier presume de Gaston, il avait tout pour faire un gendre et un mari desirables.
Daneel simply slipped in a few details of physical appearance, and an old meritocrat returned to life on Trantora manque diplomat-theorist, seen at many parties but seldom if ever remembered, once known as a ruthless seducer of women who ruthlessly consented to be seduced.
Non, dites-lui que je ne veux pas le voir, que je suis furieuse contre lui, parce qu'il m' a manque parole.
CONTENTS LEAVES FROM A NOTE BOOK ASIDES TOM FOLIO FLEABODY AND OTHER QUEER NAMES A NOTE ON "L'AIGLON" PLOT AND CHARACTER THE CRUELTY OF SCIENCE LEIGH HUNT AND BARRY CORNWALL DECORATION DAY WRITERS AND TALKERS ON EARLY RISING UN POETE MANQUE THE MALE COSTUME OF THE PERIOD ON A CERTAIN AFFECTATION WISHMAKERS' TOWN HISTORICAL NOVELS POOR YORICK THE AUTOGRAPH HUNTER ROBERT HERRICK LEAVES FROM A NOTE BOOK IN his Memoirs, Kropotkin states the singular fact that the natives of the Malayan Archipelago have an idea that something is extracted from them when their likenesses are taken by photography.
She staked en plein once or twice, put the maximum on red, won a little on the middle dozen and then lost It again, finally she backed manque six times and lost every time.
He starts to get up, but the master manqué gestures him to remain seated.
Only some prompting on the part of Dylan who is playing the director manqué and the thought that John might be back at the office make Mackintosh turn his back on an afternoon's drinking.
He was, Howe thought, like an idiot manqué, something Howe might have concocted in his laboratory had he been a genetic engineer in the twenty-first century.