MANNISH

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Resembling a human being in form or nature; human. Chaucer. But yet it was a figure Most like to mannish creature. Gower.

2.
a.

Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine. Chaucer. A woman impudent and mannish grown. Shak.

3.
a.

Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Man"nish*ly,adv. -- Man"nish*ness, n.


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