Associations to the word «Manus»

Wiktionary

MANUS, noun. (formal) A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a man, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.
MANUS, noun. (obsolete) (Roman law) The power over other people, especially that of a man over his wife.

Dictionary definition

MANUS, noun. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley