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单词 mannishness
释义 mannishness|ˈmænɪʃnɪs|
[f. mannish a. + -ness.]
1. The state of being in human form; humanity. (Said chiefly of Christ.) Obs.
a900tr. Bæda's Hist. iii. xv. [xxi.] (1890) 220 Ymb syx hund wintra & þreo & fiftig from Drihtnes menniscnesse.a1175Cott. Hom. 227 Næ worhte he þah nane wndre openlice er þan þe he was þritti wintre an þara mennisnisse.c1200Ormin 1373 Þær Cristess mennisscnesse Drannc dæþess drinnch o rodetreo Forr ure woȝhe dedess.1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 11 Such a tang of manishness, or a mingle mangle of half man, half world.
2. The quality of being mannish, in various senses.
1612Bp. Hall Imprese of God ii. Wks. (1625) 457 The painted faces, and mannishnesse..of the one sex, the factious hollownesse..in the other.1882Pall Mall G. 16 June 4/2 But now..all the exclusive mannishness of the colleges seems fast melting away before the new invasion [of women].1886M. E. Braddon One Thing Needful xi, The masculine woman is proud of her mannishness.
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