mennish en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɛn.ɪʃ/
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Etymology
* Modern uses are probably men + -ish. * Older ones may be from Middle English mennish (“human”), from Old English mennisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person, human”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- or *men-. By surface analysis, man + -ish. Doublet of mannish, mense, and mensch.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, rare) Like or characteristic of men.
Among numerous other examples, menniscnyss connoted humanity, a state of being among the mennish race; […]
2010, Elaine Treharne, Greg Walker, The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Literature in English, page 496:I hate men and all things mennish!
2009, Jennifer Clare Burke, Visible: A Femmethology:But Men are Mennish[;] don't seek perfect Men.
1910, John Bunyan Robinson, Bird Or Feather Convention: