mange
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English
Etymology
From Middle English manjewe, manjeue, from Old French manjue, derived from mangier (“to eat”) (modern French manger (“to eat”)), from Latin manducare.
Pronunciation
Noun
mange (usually uncountable, plural manges)
- (veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).
- 1621, William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, John Ford, The Witch of Edmonton:
- Not yet come! [the] worrying of wolves, biting of mad dogs, the manges, and the—
Usage notes
- Colloquially used with an article, to have the mange.
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Translations
skin disease
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Verb
mange
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
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