mankit

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Scots

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Etymology

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From Middle English mankid, past participle of manken (“to mutilate”), from Medieval Latin mancāre; equivalent to mank (“to mutilate”) +‎ -it.

Adjective

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mankit (comparative mair mankit, superlative maist mankit)

  1. Mutilated, maimed, disfigured.
  2. (Shetland) Exhausted.
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