verminken

(Engels)

to mutilate, to maim

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˌvɛrˈmɪŋ.kə(n)/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle Dutch verminken, a dialectal variant of vermenken (“to injure permanently”), from ver- + menken (variant minken), from the root manc (“a limping or lame person”) (cf. Dutch mank), from Latin mancus (“maimed or defective”), from Proto-Indo-European *man-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *man-.

Synoniemen

misvormen

twijnen

verwringen

afknotten

verkrommen

verhakkelen

mismaken