manque [ mahnk ]
noun French
1. the numbers 1 to 18 in roulette.
Compare passe.
Origin: literally, lack
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Manqué (adjective)
manqué [ mahng-key; French mahn-key ]
adjective French
1. having failed, missed, or fallen short, especially because of circumstances or a defect of character; unsuccessful; unfulfilled or frustrated (usually used postpositively): a poet manqué who never produced a single book of verse.
Origin: 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)
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