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mannish

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈmæn.ɪʃ/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ahimnnsStarts with MEnds with H0 clues
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Definitions

  1. characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman

Word origin

From Middle English mannish, mannisshe, mannysh, from earlier mennish (“human”), from Old English mennisċ (“human, natural, humane”), from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”). By surface analysis, man + -ish. Doublet of mennish, mense, and mensch.

Used in a sentence

  • A woman impudent and mannish grown Is not more loathed than an effeminate man In time of action.
  • She detested the look of herself in large goggles, detested being forced to tie on her hat, detested the heavy, mannish coat of rough tweed that Sir Philip insisted she must wear when motoring.
  • And let us, Polydore, though now our voices Have got the mannish crack, sing him to the ground,

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