Meanings
adjectiveman-shy (comparative more man-shy, superlative most man-shy)
comparative more man-shy · superlative most man-shy
- Of a wild animal, wary of humans.
There was still game about, though it was man-shy now.
1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 203
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