mantique
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mantique (plural mantiques)
- An antique or collectible which appeals mainly to men.
- 2011, Libby Callaway, American Pickers Guide to Picking:
- Put pretty simply, mantiques are any vintage item that makes a fifty-year-old guy remember what it's like to be a kid without any obligations and total freedom to run around having fun—whether his memories of times like that are of him at age five or twenty-five, mantiques help him create a space where he can flash back to a time when he had fewer responsibilities.
- 2016, Tom Cotter, Route 66 Barn Find Road Trip:
- Literally across Route 66 from Chris Hoagland's FMC motor coach graveyard was a sign that said Mantiques with an arrow pointing down a road.
French edit
Noun edit
mantique f (plural mantiques)
Further reading edit
- “mantique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.