C17: from French, from Spanish malilla, diminutive of mala bad
manille in American English
(məˈnɪl)
noun
Cards
the second highest trump in certain card games, as the seven of trumps in omber or nine of trumps in klaberjass
Also: menel
Word origin
[1665–75; alter. of Sp malilla, dim. of obs. mala, n. use of fem. of malo bad ‹ L malus]This word is first recorded in the period 1665–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: diffraction, newsletter, recessive, regulation, wig