mangas
/mˈæŋɡəz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of cocky, working-class man in early twentieth-century Greece, associated with violent behaviour, alcohol and hashish, and celebrated in various folk songs.
Example Sentences
- "Impoverished, disenfranchised, the mangas lived by petty crime and occasional labor."
- "The mangas was expected to cock a snook at authority, to be quick with a knife and ruthless in avenging insult."
- "Many characters in long-running mangas grow up as their audiences do: they get married, raise children, and so on."
Etymology
From Greek μάγκας (mágkas).
Origin
- Source language: Greek
Word Breakdown
- Root: μάγκας