† mannishn.

Forms: Old English–early Middle English mennisc, early Middle English manisshe, early Middle English mannish, early Middle English mannisse, early Middle English mannisshe, early Middle English mennisshe, early Middle English mennisse.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mannish adj.

Etymology: < mannish adj. Nouns from the same base occur in other West Germanic languages, but with the sense ‘human being’, e.g. Old Frisian manniska , menniska , mannska , mennska , Middle Dutch mensche (Dutch mens ), Old Saxon mennisko (Middle Low German minsche, mensche ), Old High German mennisko , mennischo , mannisco (Middle High German mensche , mensch , German Mensch : see mensch n.); Old Icelandic mennska (see mensk n.) means ‘humanity’, and the sense of Swedish människa man, Danish menneske person may therefore be after a West Germanic form.

Obsolete.

1. A kind or race of people; a generation. More generally: men or people collectively; humankind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > [noun]

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folkOE

mannishOE

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peoplea1375

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Santee1698

nationality1832

society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > distinction of class > level or grade

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station1842

stratum1863

echelon1950

OE Blickling Homilies 175 Þis is þæt mennisc þe ealle mine dæda mid heora wordum onwendan.

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxii. 274 Eal mennisc wæs synfull, ac drihten gerihtwisode buton geearnungum ðurh his gife ða ða he geceas.

OE Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Laud) 27 Of Iaphet..com þæt norðerne mennisc be þære Norðsæ.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 39 (MED) Ðese fower mannisshe..beð þat erf.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 163 (MED) Ðis lond þe ich nu of speke is þat mennisse þe nu liueð.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 165 Swo doð þis mannisse flieð fram iuele to werse.

2. Humanity, human nature.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > [noun] > nature of man

mannisheOE

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mankina1325

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eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxvii. 114 Mon mæg gesion þæt hi gio men wæren, ac hi habbað þæs mennisces þonne þone betstan dæl forloren.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 109 Abacuc..wunede on þis weorlde..fela hundred wintre er þe time þe ure drihten understod manisshe and was boren.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 133 (MED) God fundede of heuene to eorðe to fonden [perh. read fongen] mennisshe of þe holie meidenes inneðe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

mannishadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈmanɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈmænɪʃ/

Forms:

α. Old English mænnisc, Old English mænnissc, Old English mennisc, Old English–early Middle English mennesc, Old English–early Middle English menniss, early Middle English mennish, early Middle English mennissh ( Ormulum), early Middle English mennisske ( Ormulum).

β. Old English monnesce, early Middle English mannisc, Middle English mannisch, Middle English mannissh, Middle English mannysche, Middle English mannysh, Middle English mannyssh, Middle English monish, Middle English monyssh, Middle English–1500s mannishe, Middle English–1500s mannysshe, Middle English– mannish, 1600s 1800s manish, 1800s man-ish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: man n.¹, -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: Ultimately < the Germanic base of man n.¹ + the Germanic base of -ish suffix¹, with Old English i-mutation of the vowel in the first syllable. Old English mennisc is cognate with Old Saxon mennisc , Old High German (with suffixation: see -en suffix⁴) menniscīn , mannaschīn , mannasci (Middle High German mennisch ), Old Icelandic mennskr (see mensk adj.), Gothic mannisks . In the 13th cent. the vowel of the first syllable was assimilated to that of man n.¹ (after an intermediate stage mænnisc ); later senses may partly represent independent formations < man n.¹ + -ish suffix¹, although greatly reinforced by the earlier word (for the semantic development see man n.¹).

A. adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the human species; human. Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > [adjective] > relating to mankind

mannisheOE

fleshlyc1175

manlya1225

fleshya1400

human1495

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microcosmala1644

anthropic1816

microcosmic1816

humanitary1851

hominal1861

hominine1883

neanthropic1894

pan-human1900

sapient1971

eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Tiber.) (Junius transcript) (1871) xi. 70 Ne gegripe eow næfre nan costung buton mennescu.

eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxiii. 76 Forðæm þa fif eall nan mennisc man fullice habban ne mæg ða hwile þe he on þisse worulde bið.

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxii. 356 God cwæð..þæt he wolde his gast asenden ofer menniscum flæsce.

lOE tr. R. d'Escures Sermo in Festis Sancte Marie Virginis in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 137 Þeos..of hire agene breostes meolca fedde, & fostrode þone þe is God & mann, þa þa he wæs on mænniscen gecynde hungrig and þurstig.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) Ded. l. 218 He..let te posstless sen himm wel. Inn hiss mennisske kinde.

c1300 St. Mary of Egypt (Laud) 108 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 264 Heo ne et no mannische mete bot weodes and wilde more.

c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2454 The prouerbe seith that for to do synne is mannyssh.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1528 A stature..was as in figure Most lich to mannyssh creature; Bot as of beaute hevenlich.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 3443 (MED) Þouȝ his face..Of shap were mannyshe, ȝet..His colour was semblable in liknes Vn-to þe fery, hote, brennynge glede.

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Eiij^v More meete to beare..Then here in courte in mannishe shape The Asses part to plaie.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 183 At the ending of the world there must be stuff enough left, unmade up into Manish bodies, wherewith to frame a new heaven and new earth.

1868 C. Lofft Ernest (ed. 2) vii. 148 Man, her [sc. Nature's] highest and best work, When fulfilled—else if stunted, lowest [and] worst. Being then a mannish brute—more mischievous Since strengthened with man's organs for brute lust.

1871 Overland Monthly Feb. 183/1 There is a clownish kind of toy, made of light pith or cork cut into a mannish figure about two inches in length.

1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King 406 The Westron was a Mannish speech.

1989 Dragon Nov. 40/3 Tolkien fans, these are..full of background information on the elves, mannish races, and creatures of Middle-[e]arth.

a. Of a woman, a woman's attributes, etc.: resembling (those of) a man, masculine; having characteristics stereotypically associated with men.Chiefly depreciative, though sometimes ameliorated in 20th-cent. uses and subsequently.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > man-like woman

mannisha1425

manlyc1511

mankind1566

Amazonical1582

Amazonian1595

virago1598

manlike1605

masculine1611

viraginian1642

viraginous1667

Amazonic1782

strong-minded1843

andromorphous1865

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) i. 284 Alle hire lymes so wel answerynge Weren to wommanhod, that creature Was nevere lasse mannyssh in semynge.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. 62 (MED) Now was she mannyssh, now was she femynyne.

c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 6183 (MED) God forbede That ther sholde in womanhede Ben any monyssh tache at al.

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 136 (MED) A woman that is not humble and pitous, she is mannisshe and not womanly.

1532 (?a1405) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 415 (MED) And there to speke of femynyte, The leste mannysshe in comparyson.

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xv. 269 She retaineth a mannish fashion..in her words, as in all her motions.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 210 A woman impudent and mannish growne, Is not more loth'd then an effeminate man.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 250 Her bodye grew mannish and hairie.

1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre iv. 121 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian They..who think that there was never any such Mannish race of Women.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xxx. 241 Don't let her bluster up with her worse than mannish airs to me again!

1791 F. Burney Let. Aug. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 30 Women..strolling along, with wide Mannish strides.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 239 She spoke in a loud deep mannish voice.

1886 A. C. Swinburne Misc. 235 The mannish woman was a nobler as well as a stronger creature than the womanish man.

1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 6/1 She's a trifle mannish, but she'll be good for you. Born to be a leader, so let her go ahead and lead.

1950 Sport 24 Mar. 7/1 I rather feel that all he-women who indulge in these mannish pastimes should have an operation.

1994 Observer 2 Oct. 20/3 Beyond the fact that she was a mannish woman and he a womanly man, they seemed to have little in common except bisexuality.

b. Characteristic of the male sex; manly. In first quot.: putting on a show of manliness or bravery. Occasionally somewhat depreciative.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. iii. 120 Weele haue a swashing and a marshall outside, As manie other mannish cowards haue, That doe outface it with their semblances.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. viii. 45 With an air of mannish superiority, he seems rather to pity the bashful girl.

1836 A. M. Hall in New Monthly Mag. 47 427 True to his man-ish nature, there was a mingling of selfishness with his love.

1882 B. A. Hinsdale Garfield & Educ. ii. 407 The foremost students had no mannish pride that made them hesitate to ask her assistance.

1884 Lady Waterford in A. J. C. Hare Two Noble Lives (1893) III. 428 Oh! what a mannish room I waited in... Hats and caps of all sorts, fishing baskets, &c.

1902 W. Carleton Songs of Two Centuries 48 Pa said, with mannish guesses 'Bout a woman's clothin'-life, ‘You are ruther short o' dresses Fur to go to college, Wife.’

1989 I. Murdoch Message to Planet (BNC) Don't ‘come, come,’ me. I hate bullying mannish men. I like gentle men.

3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a grown man, as opposed to a child; adult, mature.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > man > [adjective] > qualities of

manly?c1225

manlikec1480

virile1490

mannish1530

manful1655

manny1853

dude1879

blokeish1920

butch1949

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 318/1 Mannysshe or manlyke, viril.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 237 And let vs (Polidore) though now our voyces Haue got the mannish cracke, sing him to'th'ground As once to our Mother.

1647 S. Sheppard 2nd Pt. Committee Man Curried i. ii. 2 His chin has..a little downe, enough to give notice to the world, he now growes mannish.

1694 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: Pt. 2nd iv. ii. 41 Then [when I was a hog-keeper], 'twas when I was but a Boy, for when I grew up to be Mannish, I kept Turkeys and Geese, which is counted the better preferment by much.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 208 Childish in mischief only and in noise, Else of a mannish growth.

1876 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth xxxvi. 369 By manly I mean all that is eager, hearty, fearless, modest, pure; by mannish I mean that which apes the poorest externals of the lowest types of men.

1904 J. Joyce Let. 19 Nov. (1966) II. 71 I am getting rather stout and mannish.

1984 J. Phillips Machine Dreams 10 Tom was different because he was mannish and independent.

†4. [Probably after man-keen adj. or mankind adj.²] Furious, fierce, mad; = mankind adj.² Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective]

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Phalarical1602

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Dionysian1608

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Hunnish1625

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brutal1641

feroce1641

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savage-fierce1770

Tartar1809

Tartarly1821

Neroic1851

tigery1859

Neronic1864

unmannish1867

inhumanitarian1947

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adjective]

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Tartarly1821

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tigery1859

attern1868

Hunnish1915

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 427/2 I am mannysshe, as a beest is that is accoustumed to byte or devoure men. Je suis humain. It is a mannysshe beest: cest une besté amorcée.

5. Jamaican and among African Americans. Forward, impertinent, ‘full of oneself’.

ΚΠ

1868 T. Russell Etymol. Jamaica Gram. 18 Ga lang yanda sa, you too mannish.

1873 C. J. G. Rampini Lett. from Jamaica 100 He further added—you are too d—n fast, you are too mannish.

1930 S. G. Stoney & G. M. Shelby Black Genesis 133 Out dere in de warm sunshine, 'sputin' wid Br' Rabbit, he been mighty mannish, but in dese cool woods all to heself, he aint near so sure o' t'ings.

1934 Z. N. Hurston Jonah's Gourd Vine 81 He must smell hisself—done got so mannish.

1972 D. Claerbaut Black Jargon in White Amer. 72 Mannish..a black child's way of acting which is deemed rebellious and disrespectful by his mother: Stop acting mannish!

†B. adv.

In the manner of a man. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > man > [adverb]

mannishc1395

mannishly1867

man-wise1893

c1395 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 1536 Wher she be..A chidester or wastour of thy good Or riche or poure or ellis mannyssh wood.

Derivatives

ˈmannishly adv. in a mannish manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > man > [adverb]

mannishc1395

mannishly1867

man-wise1893

1867 H. Bushnell Moral Uses Dark Things 287 Some of the least of them march out mannishly in columns and fight pitched battles.

1989 I. Taylor George Eliot (1990) vi. 69 The daring French woman, who dressed mannishly, smoked cigars and took lovers as freely as a man.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mannish
释义	† mannishn. Forms: Old English–early Middle English mennisc, early Middle English manisshe, early Middle English mannish, early Middle English mannisse, early Middle English mannisshe, early Middle English mennisshe, early Middle English mennisse. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mannish adj. Etymology: < mannish adj. Nouns from the same base occur in other West Germanic languages, but with the sense ‘human being’, e.g. Old Frisian manniska , menniska , mannska , mennska , Middle Dutch mensche (Dutch mens ), Old Saxon mennisko (Middle Low German minsche, mensche ), Old High German mennisko , mennischo , mannisco (Middle High German mensche , mensch , German Mensch : see mensch n.); Old Icelandic mennska (see mensk n.) means ‘humanity’, and the sense of Swedish människa man, Danish menneske person may therefore be after a West Germanic form. Obsolete. 1. A kind or race of people; a generation. More generally: men or people collectively; humankind. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > [noun] thede855 lede971 folkOE mannishOE nationc1330 peoplea1375 birtha1400 Santee1698 nationality1832 society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > distinction of class > level or grade mannishOE placec1330 state1340 gree1382 conditionc1384 sectc1384 sortc1386 ordera1400 raff?a1400 degreea1425 countenancec1477 faction?1529 estate1530 race1563 calibre1567 being1579 coat1579 rang1580 rank1585 tier1590 classis1597 strain1600 consequence1602 regiment1602 sept1610 standinga1616 class1629 species1629 nome1633 quality1636 sort1671 size1679 situation1710 distinction1721 walk of life1733 walk1737 stage1801 strata1805 grade1808 caste1816 social stratum1838 station1842 stratum1863 echelon1950 OE Blickling Homilies 175 Þis is þæt mennisc þe ealle mine dæda mid heora wordum onwendan. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxii. 274 Eal mennisc wæs synfull, ac drihten gerihtwisode buton geearnungum ðurh his gife ða ða he geceas. OE Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Laud) 27 Of Iaphet..com þæt norðerne mennisc be þære Norðsæ. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 39 (MED) Ðese fower mannisshe..beð þat erf. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 163 (MED) Ðis lond þe ich nu of speke is þat mennisse þe nu liueð. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 165 Swo doð þis mannisse flieð fram iuele to werse. 2. Humanity, human nature. ΘΚΠ the world > people > [noun] > nature of man mannisheOE fleshc1000 mannessc1225 mankina1325 mankinda1325 naturec1390 flesh and bloodc1450 human nature1474 humankind?1504 humanities1613 homineity1660 eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxvii. 114 Mon mæg gesion þæt hi gio men wæren, ac hi habbað þæs mennisces þonne þone betstan dæl forloren. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 109 Abacuc..wunede on þis weorlde..fela hundred wintre er þe time þe ure drihten understod manisshe and was boren. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 133 (MED) God fundede of heuene to eorðe to fonden [perh. read fongen] mennisshe of þe holie meidenes inneðe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). mannishadj.adv. Brit. /ˈmanɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈmænɪʃ/ Forms: α. Old English mænnisc, Old English mænnissc, Old English mennisc, Old English–early Middle English mennesc, Old English–early Middle English menniss, early Middle English mennish, early Middle English mennissh ( Ormulum), early Middle English mennisske ( Ormulum). β. Old English monnesce, early Middle English mannisc, Middle English mannisch, Middle English mannissh, Middle English mannysche, Middle English mannysh, Middle English mannyssh, Middle English monish, Middle English monyssh, Middle English–1500s mannishe, Middle English–1500s mannysshe, Middle English– mannish, 1600s 1800s manish, 1800s man-ish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: man n.¹, -ish suffix¹. Etymology: Ultimately < the Germanic base of man n.¹ + the Germanic base of -ish suffix¹, with Old English i-mutation of the vowel in the first syllable. Old English mennisc is cognate with Old Saxon mennisc , Old High German (with suffixation: see -en suffix⁴) menniscīn , mannaschīn , mannasci (Middle High German mennisch ), Old Icelandic mennskr (see mensk adj.), Gothic mannisks . In the 13th cent. the vowel of the first syllable was assimilated to that of man n.¹ (after an intermediate stage mænnisc ); later senses may partly represent independent formations < man n.¹ + -ish suffix¹, although greatly reinforced by the earlier word (for the semantic development see man n.¹). A. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the human species; human. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > people > [adjective] > relating to mankind mannisheOE fleshlyc1175 manlya1225 fleshya1400 human1495 microcosmical1570 microcosmala1644 anthropic1816 microcosmic1816 humanitary1851 hominal1861 hominine1883 neanthropic1894 pan-human1900 sapient1971 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Tiber.) (Junius transcript) (1871) xi. 70 Ne gegripe eow næfre nan costung buton mennescu. eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxiii. 76 Forðæm þa fif eall nan mennisc man fullice habban ne mæg ða hwile þe he on þisse worulde bið. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxii. 356 God cwæð..þæt he wolde his gast asenden ofer menniscum flæsce. lOE tr. R. d'Escures Sermo in Festis Sancte Marie Virginis in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 137 Þeos..of hire agene breostes meolca fedde, & fostrode þone þe is God & mann, þa þa he wæs on mænniscen gecynde hungrig and þurstig. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) Ded. l. 218 He..let te posstless sen himm wel. Inn hiss mennisske kinde. c1300 St. Mary of Egypt (Laud) 108 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 264 Heo ne et no mannische mete bot weodes and wilde more. c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2454 The prouerbe seith that for to do synne is mannyssh. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1528 A stature..was as in figure Most lich to mannyssh creature; Bot as of beaute hevenlich. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 3443 (MED) Þouȝ his face..Of shap were mannyshe, ȝet..His colour was semblable in liknes Vn-to þe fery, hote, brennynge glede. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Eiij^v More meete to beare..Then here in courte in mannishe shape The Asses part to plaie. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 183 At the ending of the world there must be stuff enough left, unmade up into Manish bodies, wherewith to frame a new heaven and new earth. 1868 C. Lofft Ernest (ed. 2) vii. 148 Man, her [sc. Nature's] highest and best work, When fulfilled—else if stunted, lowest [and] worst. Being then a mannish brute—more mischievous Since strengthened with man's organs for brute lust. 1871 Overland Monthly Feb. 183/1 There is a clownish kind of toy, made of light pith or cork cut into a mannish figure about two inches in length. 1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King 406 The Westron was a Mannish speech. 1989 Dragon Nov. 40/3 Tolkien fans, these are..full of background information on the elves, mannish races, and creatures of Middle-[e]arth. 2. a. Of a woman, a woman's attributes, etc.: resembling (those of) a man, masculine; having characteristics stereotypically associated with men.Chiefly depreciative, though sometimes ameliorated in 20th-cent. uses and subsequently. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > man-like woman mannisha1425 manlyc1511 mankind1566 Amazonical1582 Amazonian1595 virago1598 manlike1605 masculine1611 viraginian1642 viraginous1667 Amazonic1782 strong-minded1843 andromorphous1865 a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) i. 284 Alle hire lymes so wel answerynge Weren to wommanhod, that creature Was nevere lasse mannyssh in semynge. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. 62 (MED) Now was she mannyssh, now was she femynyne. c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 6183 (MED) God forbede That ther sholde in womanhede Ben any monyssh tache at al. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 136 (MED) A woman that is not humble and pitous, she is mannisshe and not womanly. 1532 (?a1405) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 415 (MED) And there to speke of femynyte, The leste mannysshe in comparyson. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xv. 269 She retaineth a mannish fashion..in her words, as in all her motions. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 210 A woman impudent and mannish growne, Is not more loth'd then an effeminate man. View more context for this quotation 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 250 Her bodye grew mannish and hairie. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre iv. 121 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian They..who think that there was never any such Mannish race of Women. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xxx. 241 Don't let her bluster up with her worse than mannish airs to me again! 1791 F. Burney Let. Aug. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 30 Women..strolling along, with wide Mannish strides. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 239 She spoke in a loud deep mannish voice. 1886 A. C. Swinburne Misc. 235 The mannish woman was a nobler as well as a stronger creature than the womanish man. 1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 6/1 She's a trifle mannish, but she'll be good for you. Born to be a leader, so let her go ahead and lead. 1950 Sport 24 Mar. 7/1 I rather feel that all he-women who indulge in these mannish pastimes should have an operation. 1994 Observer 2 Oct. 20/3 Beyond the fact that she was a mannish woman and he a womanly man, they seemed to have little in common except bisexuality. b. Characteristic of the male sex; manly. In first quot.: putting on a show of manliness or bravery. Occasionally somewhat depreciative. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. iii. 120 Weele haue a swashing and a marshall outside, As manie other mannish cowards haue, That doe outface it with their semblances. View more context for this quotation 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. viii. 45 With an air of mannish superiority, he seems rather to pity the bashful girl. 1836 A. M. Hall in New Monthly Mag. 47 427 True to his man-ish nature, there was a mingling of selfishness with his love. 1882 B. A. Hinsdale Garfield & Educ. ii. 407 The foremost students had no mannish pride that made them hesitate to ask her assistance. 1884 Lady Waterford in A. J. C. Hare Two Noble Lives (1893) III. 428 Oh! what a mannish room I waited in... Hats and caps of all sorts, fishing baskets, &c. 1902 W. Carleton Songs of Two Centuries 48 Pa said, with mannish guesses 'Bout a woman's clothin'-life, ‘You are ruther short o' dresses Fur to go to college, Wife.’ 1989 I. Murdoch Message to Planet (BNC) Don't ‘come, come,’ me. I hate bullying mannish men. I like gentle men. 3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a grown man, as opposed to a child; adult, mature. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [adjective] > qualities of manly?c1225 manlikec1480 virile1490 mannish1530 manful1655 manny1853 dude1879 blokeish1920 butch1949 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 318/1 Mannysshe or manlyke, viril. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 237 And let vs (Polidore) though now our voyces Haue got the mannish cracke, sing him to'th'ground As once to our Mother. 1647 S. Sheppard 2nd Pt. Committee Man Curried i. ii. 2 His chin has..a little downe, enough to give notice to the world, he now growes mannish. 1694 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: Pt. 2nd iv. ii. 41 Then [when I was a hog-keeper], 'twas when I was but a Boy, for when I grew up to be Mannish, I kept Turkeys and Geese, which is counted the better preferment by much. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 208 Childish in mischief only and in noise, Else of a mannish growth. View more context for this quotation 1876 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth xxxvi. 369 By manly I mean all that is eager, hearty, fearless, modest, pure; by mannish I mean that which apes the poorest externals of the lowest types of men. 1904 J. Joyce Let. 19 Nov. (1966) II. 71 I am getting rather stout and mannish. 1984 J. Phillips Machine Dreams 10 Tom was different because he was mannish and independent. †4. [Probably after man-keen adj. or mankind adj.²] Furious, fierce, mad; = mankind adj.² Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective] grimlyc893 retheeOE grim971 bitterOE bremec1175 grillc1175 grimfula1240 cruel1297 sturdy1297 fiercea1300 fellc1300 boistousa1387 felonousc1386 savagea1393 bestiala1398 bremelya1400 felona1400 hetera1400 cursedc1400 wicked14.. vengeablec1430 wolvishc1430 unnatural?1473 inhuman1481 brutisha1513 cruent1524 felonish1530 mannish1530 abominate1531 lionish1549 boarish?1550 truculent?c1550 unhumanc1550 lion-like1556 beastly1558 orped1567 raw?1573 tigerish?1573 unmanlike1579 boisterous1581 savaged1583 tiger-like1587 yond1590 truculental1593 savage wild1595 tigerous1597 inhumane1598 Neronian1598 immane1599 Phalarical1602 ungentle1603 feral1604 savagious1605 fierceful1607 Dionysian1608 wolvy1611 Hunnish1625 lionly1631 tigerly1633 savage-hearted1639 brutal1641 feroce1641 ferocious1646 asperous1650 ferousa1652 wolfish1674 tiger1763 savage-fierce1770 Tartar1809 Tartarly1821 Neroic1851 tigery1859 Neronic1864 unmannish1867 inhumanitarian1947 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adjective] grimlyc893 wrothc893 reighOE grima1000 grillc1175 witherc1175 grimfula1240 sturdy1297 wild1297 fiercea1300 man-keenc1300 stoutc1300 cruelc1330 fell?c1335 wicked1375 felonousc1386 felona1400 cursedc1400 runishc1400 keen?c1425 roid?c1425 wolvishc1430 ranishc1450 malicious1485 mankind1519 mannish1530 lionish1549 truculent?c1550 lion-like1556 tigerish?1573 tiger-like1587 truculental1593 Amazonian1595 tigerous1597 feral1604 fierceful1607 efferous1614 lionly1631 tigerly1633 feroce1641 ferocious1646 asperous1650 ferousa1652 blusterous1663 wolfish1674 boarisha1718 savage-fierce1770 Tartar1809 Tartarly1821 wolfy1828 savagerous1832 hawkish1841 tigery1859 attern1868 Hunnish1915 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 427/2 I am mannysshe, as a beest is that is accoustumed to byte or devoure men. Je suis humain. It is a mannysshe beest: cest une besté amorcée. 5. Jamaican and among African Americans. Forward, impertinent, ‘full of oneself’. ΚΠ 1868 T. Russell Etymol. Jamaica Gram. 18 Ga lang yanda sa, you too mannish. 1873 C. J. G. Rampini Lett. from Jamaica 100 He further added—you are too d—n fast, you are too mannish. 1930 S. G. Stoney & G. M. Shelby Black Genesis 133 Out dere in de warm sunshine, 'sputin' wid Br' Rabbit, he been mighty mannish, but in dese cool woods all to heself, he aint near so sure o' t'ings. 1934 Z. N. Hurston Jonah's Gourd Vine 81 He must smell hisself—done got so mannish. 1972 D. Claerbaut Black Jargon in White Amer. 72 Mannish..a black child's way of acting which is deemed rebellious and disrespectful by his mother: Stop acting mannish! †B. adv. In the manner of a man. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [adverb] mannishc1395 mannishly1867 man-wise1893 c1395 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 1536 Wher she be..A chidester or wastour of thy good Or riche or poure or ellis mannyssh wood. Derivatives ˈmannishly adv. in a mannish manner. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [adverb] mannishc1395 mannishly1867 man-wise1893 1867 H. Bushnell Moral Uses Dark Things 287 Some of the least of them march out mannishly in columns and fight pitched battles. 1989 I. Taylor George Eliot (1990) vi. 69 The daring French woman, who dressed mannishly, smoked cigars and took lovers as freely as a man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.eOEadj.adv.eOE
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