Associations to the word «Manque»

Wiktionary

MANQUE, adjective. (postpositive) unable to fully realise one's ambitions; would-be
MANQUÉ, adjective. (postpositive) Unfulfilled due to the vagary of circumstance, some inherent flaw or an — often uncertain — constitutional lacking of some kind.

Dictionary definition

MANQUE, adjective. Unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats