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manque
1[ mahnk ]
noun
- the numbers 1 to 18 in roulette.
尘补苍辩耻茅
2[ mahng-key; French mahn-key ]
adjective
- having failed, missed, or fallen short, especially because of circumstances or a defect of character; unsuccessful; unfulfilled or frustrated (usually used postpositively):
a poet 尘补苍辩耻茅 who never produced a single book of verse.
尘补苍辩耻茅
/ 藞m蓲艐ke瑟; m蓱虄ke /
adjective
- postpositive unfulfilled; potential; would-be
the manager is an actor 尘补苍辩耻茅
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of manque1
Origin of manque2
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of manque1
Example Sentences
An artist manque, she maintains that her particular skill is to recognize and nurture talent.
It was a manque version of the hypertheatricality that elevated the band out of scene notoriety to pop ubiquity.
As for Trump, he is the star of his own newsreel, a preening Mussolini manque whose poll numbers are already falling.
She lacks her husband鈥檚 talent for, well, political dexterity, and after so many years at the table of Washington and Wall Street elites she鈥檚 hardly persuasive running as Elizabeth Warren manque.
Philip 鈥 a Roth manque 鈥 is waiting for the release of his second novel, which is bound to be well received.
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