/mangks/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, its inhabitants, or their language.
n.
2. ( used with a pl. v. ) the inhabitants of the Isle of Man.
3. the Gaelic of the Isle of Man, virtually extinct.
[ 1565-75; syncopated and metathesized form of earlier Manisk ( e ) manskr of the Isle of Man, equiv. to Man name of the island + -skr adj. suffix denoting origin (see -ISH 1 ) ]