mannish
Meaning
- Resembling or characteristic of a man, masculine.
- Resembling or characteristic of a grown man (as opposed to a boy); mature, adult.
- (Caribbean, Guyana) Impertinent; assertive.
- (Caribbean) Precocious.
- (archaic) Resembling or characteristic of a human being, in form or nature; human.
Synonyms
Translations
varonil
masculino
masculin
masculí
erkeksi
ανδροειδής ανδρικός
mannartigPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmæn.ɪʃ/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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