manner English · revision 4597

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=a. 1200|origins=la manus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈmæn.ə/, US /ˈmæn.ɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|manere]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) [[bor|xno|manere]], Old French maniere “way of handling, fashion, method; bearing; custom”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from Vulgar Latin *manuāria,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986) the feminine of Latin manuārius “belonging to the hand”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) from manus “hand”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021) from [[ine-pro|*man-|t=hand]].^(Etymonline) The French word was also borrowed into Dutch and German as manier.^(Etymonline) It is related to [[manual]], [[manage]] and [[manoeuvre]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Kind or sort: about 1200 in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) probably before 1200 in Barnhart, in the Ancrene Riwle, also “way of acting”.^(Barnhart 1988) Customary mode of acting: before 1225 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Most figurative meanings come from the original sense “method of handling”, extended when the word was used to translate Latin modus “method”.^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) The way something is done is from about 1275,^(OED 1989) customary practice and a person's way of conducting himself from about 1300,^(Etymonline) and in the plural, polite social behaviour, from the 14th century.^(Hoad 1986)^(Cresswell 2021) The way a work of art or literature is made is from the 1660s.^(Etymonline) ''Manner of speaking'' is from the 1530s.^(Etymonline) ''To the manner born'', from Shakespeare's Hamlet (1602), means accustomed by birth to a practice, but has been misunderstood as ''to the manor born'' since at least the mid-19th century, manor being formerly also spelled manner.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) ''Mannered'' is from about 1378,^(Barnhart 1988) and ''mannerism'' from 1803.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * a. 1200 – a kind, a way of acting.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1275 – the way something is done.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1300 – customary practice.^(Etymonline)

+ * 14th century – manners, social behaviour.^(Hoad 1986)

+ * 1530s – ''manner of speaking''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1602 – ''to the manner born''.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1660s – an artistic style.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1803 – ''mannerism''.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The way in which something is done or happens.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A person's way of behaving toward others; [[bearing]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''manners'': polite social behaviour, or the customs of a society: ''table manners''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A kind or sort: ''all manner of things''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A characteristic [[style]] in art or literature.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[mannerless]]

+ * [[mannered]]

+ * [[mannerism]]

+ * [[mannerly]]

+ * [[bedside manner]]

+ * [[manner of articulation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[manual]]

+ * [[manage]]

+ * [[manoeuvre]]

+ * [[manor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}