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''Manqué'' (feminine, ''manquée'') is a term used in reference to a person who has failed to live up to a specific expectation or ambition. It is usually used in combination with a profession: for example, a career civil servant with political prowess who nonetheless never attained political office might be described as a "politician manqué". It can also be used relative to a specific role model; a second-rate method actor might be referred to as a "Marlon Brando manqué".〔http://www.observer.com/2007/meet-manqu-s〕 The term derives from the past participle of the French verb ''manquer'' (to miss, to fail, to lack). In English, it is used postpositively, that is, following the noun it modifies in the manner of most adjectives in French. The British political writer and former M.P. David Marquand described the mid-20th century Labour politician Aneurin Bevan as a "statesman manqué",〔David Marquand (2009) ''Britain Since 1918: The Strange Case of British Democracy''〕 while the magazine ''Private Eye'' referred to journalist Janet Street-Porter as an "architect manquée".〔''Private Eye'', 19 February-4 March 2010〕 The ''Collins Dictionary'' gave the example of a manager as an "actor ''manqué''",〔''Collins Softback English Dictionary'' (3rd ed, 1991). See also ''Pocket Oxford Dictionary'' (8th edition, 1992)〕 while the ''Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases'' cited the ''Times'' magazine in 1996 as describing a "subway genius" as "a writer manqué since many of his chosen citations deal with creating literature".〔''Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases'' (ed Jennifer Speake, 1997)〕 Arising from the inscription on Plato's door in Ancient Greece, "let no one devoid of geometry enter here",〔''Oxford Dictionary of Quotations'' (4th ed 1992) 21:16〕 the 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes has been described as typifying a "mathematician ''manqué''". In Vladimir Nabokov's ''Lolita'', the narrator, Humbert Humbert, reminisces, "At first, I planned to take a degree in psychiatry as many ''manqué'' talents do; but I was even more ''manqué'' than that . . . and I switched to English literature." ==''Manqué'' as failure== In French ''manqué'' is sometimes applied to someone who has failed to gain professional status - such as ''un médecin manqué'' (a failed doctor)〔''Harrap's School Dictionary & French Grammar'' (ed Michael James, 1991)〕 - whereas, in English, it need not have that pejorative implication. In the game of roulette the set of numbers from 1 to 18 is described as ''manque'' (no accent), meaning that the ball has "failed" to land in one of the higher (19-36) slots. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manqué」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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