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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

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Man

-ish

: cf. AS.

mennisc

menisc

Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.

Chaucer.

But yet it was a figure
Most like to

mannish

creature.

Gower.

Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine.

Chaucer.

A woman impudent and

mannish

grown.

Shakespeare

Fond of men; – said of a woman.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

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Man′nish-ly

(#)

adv.

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Man′nish-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[from man.] Having the appearance of a man; bold; masculine; as a mannish countenance.

A woman impudent and mannish grown.