manco

Spanish

adj
Definitions
  • one-handed, one-armed, maimed
  • defective, faulty
  • (video games) chump, useless, butterfingers a unskilled player, due to his inexperience or lack of skill for the game
  • (figuratively) oarless, without oars

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mancus (maimed, crippled, maimed defective, powerless, incomplete, imperfect, frail, defective) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (maimed in the hand).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mh₂n-ko-

Gloss

maimed in the hand

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