Mangle

Morpheme

Mangle

Type

free base

Denotation

mutilate, disfigure

Etymology

Middle English mangelen, manglen; Anglo-Norman mangler, mahangler; Old French (1) mangonner or (1) mahaigner; of Germanic origin

Evidence

bemangle, mangle, mangled, manglement, mangles, mangling, manglingly, mismangle, unmangled

Homographs

Mangle, Mangle