dysmanuate
diss MAAN yoo ATE
to attempt to hand an object to a person who is not in a
position to receive it “As I was carrying the groceries
into the house, my wife dysmanuated me with the
telephone.”
position to receive it “As I was carrying the groceries
into the house, my wife dysmanuated me with the
telephone.”
Origin: < Greek dys, for harsh or wrong + Latin manus, hand
ca 1995