manimal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.64 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A fanciful life form that is part human and part beast; a creature recognizable as human but possessing physical or primitive behavioral characteristics that are exclusive to animals.
Informal
noun
A person compared to such a creature, especially an unkempt and uncivilized, or strong and sexually aggressive man.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "Standing naked against a wintry landscape, the figure became a screen for the projection of identities--beast, bigfoot, manimal, specter, even, to use a word Newkirk's work encourages one to use in all its dangerousness, spook."
- "2006 February 1, Paul Z. Myers, Pharyngula, ScienceBlogs President panders to anti-manimal lobby! Dr Moreau flees country in rage!"
- "Two years ago we were going to Mars, and that sort of didn't happen...and now there's, like, manimal."
- "2004 January 1, Michael Burnett, “Tumyeto army”, Thrasher, High Speed Productions, Inc. Layton smacked his head hard on a front feeble, but bounced back up to get the make. That kid's a manimal. "Oh, he's so on the team," Diego kept saying."