-manssuffix

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: man n.¹, English -s ; -ness suffix.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < man n.¹ + -s (-s suffix² or plural ending -s); or perhaps simply a playful distortion of -ness suffix.Derivation from the Romani suffix -imen has been suggested; but since this is a marker of the past participle rather than a nominalizer, and since almost all the initial elements with which -mans is combined are of English origin and none appear to be Romani, this is unlikely. Used either as an affectionate diminutive (compare -kins suffix) or as a disguise device (the addition of extra syllables is a common feature of cryptolectal speech).

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Forming nouns from adjectives and nouns in 16th-cent. and early 17th-cent. cant: cf. crackmans n., darkmans n., greenmans n., harmans at harman n., lightmans n., ruffmans n., togemans at togeman n., and also the cant toponyms Chepemans (Cheapside market), Gracemans (Gracious St. market), and Numans (Newgate Market) (all in S. Rid Martin Mark-all (1610)).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	-mans
释义	-manssuffix Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: man n.¹, English -s ; -ness suffix. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < man n.¹ + -s (-s suffix² or plural ending -s); or perhaps simply a playful distortion of -ness suffix.Derivation from the Romani suffix -imen has been suggested; but since this is a marker of the past participle rather than a nominalizer, and since almost all the initial elements with which -mans is combined are of English origin and none appear to be Romani, this is unlikely. Used either as an affectionate diminutive (compare -kins suffix) or as a disguise device (the addition of extra syllables is a common feature of cryptolectal speech). cant. Categories » Forming nouns from adjectives and nouns in 16th-cent. and early 17th-cent. cant: cf. crackmans n., darkmans n., greenmans n., harmans at harman n., lightmans n., ruffmans n., togemans at togeman n., and also the cant toponyms Chepemans (Cheapside market), Gracemans (Gracious St. market), and Numans (Newgate Market) (all in S. Rid Martin Mark-all (1610)). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < suffix
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