About The Word Mannish
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Mannish
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What's The Definition Of Mannish?
[adj] characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman; "true mannish arrogance"
[adj] resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather than a woman; "a mannish stride" Synonyms | Synonyms for Mannish: masculine | unwomanly Related Terms | Find terms related to Mannish: AC-DC | amphierotic | andric | autoerotic | bisexed | bisexual | bull | butch | deviant | effeminate | gay | gentlemanlike | gentlemanly | homoerotic | homosexual | hoyden | lesbian | male | manful | manlike | manly | mannified | masculine | perverted | queer | rompish | sapphic | tomboyish | transvestite | tribadistic | uneffeminate | unfeminine | viraginous See Also | Mannish In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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