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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Mannishness | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
