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manacle

Meaninglittle hand

Common meaning: a shackle for a person's hand

Journey through time

  1. Latinmanicula‘little hand’source
  2. Middle Englishmanaclesource
  3. Englishmanacle‘a shackle for a person's hand’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin manicula ‘little hand’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry MANACLE, p. 311 · dictionary scan

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