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mannish

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Adjective
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man=nish

CIDE DICTIONARY

mannisha. [Man + -ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc.].
  •  Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
    "But yet it was a figure
    Most like to mannish creature.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
    "A woman impudent and mannish grown."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Fond of men; -- said of a woman.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mannish, adj.
1 usu. derog. (of a woman) masculine in appearance or manner.
2 characteristic of a man.

Derivative
mannishly adv. mannishness n.
Etymology
OE mennisc f. (and assim. to) MAN

THESAURUS

mannish

AC-DC, amphierotic, andric, autoerotic, bisexed, bisexual, bull, butch, deviant, effeminate, gay, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, homoerotic, homosexual, hoyden, lesbian, male, manful, manlike, manly, mannified, masculine, perverted, queer, rompish, sapphic, tomboyish, transvestite, tribadistic, uneffeminate, unfeminine, viraginous

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