mannish
Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.ɪʃ/
The English word “mannish” has 5 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Resembling or characteristic of a man, masculine.
- Resembling or characteristic of a grown man (as opposed to a boy); mature, adult.
- Impertinent; assertive.
- Precocious.
- Resembling or characteristic of a human being, in form or nature; human.
Etymology
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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