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mannish |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mannish \Man"nish\, a. [Man + -ish: cf AS mennisc menisc.] 1. Resembling a human being in form or nature; human. --Chaucer. But yet it was a figure Most like to mannish creature. --Gower. 2. Resembling, suitable to or characteristic of a man, manlike, masculine. --Chaucer. A woman impudent and mannish grown. --Shak. 3. Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- {Man"nish*ly},adv. -- {Man"nish*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mannish adj 1: resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather than a woman; "a mannish stride" 2: characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman; "true mannish arrogance"
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