maneen en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English -een English maneen From man + -een.
Meanings
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(Ireland) A little man.
I was standing at the end of the South Terrace one day with some maneens like myself and sure we thought we were grand fellows because we had pipes stuck in the corners of our mouths.
1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| maneens | Number=Plur | lexicographic |