maness en · NOUN
Etymology
From man + -ess, especially after Biblical Hebrew אִשָּׁה (ishá, “woman”), which is traditionally presented as a feminine form of אִישׁ ('ish, “man”) but is a false cognate. Compare French hommesse, formed upon the same analogy.
Meanings
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(feminine, form-of, no-plural, nonce-word, obsolete) Female equivalent of man: woman.
form of man
Taught the Ædenic mysteries of man And maness; how in union infinite,
1855, Philip James Bailey, The Mystic and Other Poems, p. 130 (Google Books view)