(following nouns) (from French, formal or humorous) used to describe a person who hoped to follow a particular career but who failed in it or never tried it:
He's really an artist manque.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is manque a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, manque is tagged as adjective.
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