mennish

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/ˈmɛn.ɪʃ/

adjective

Like or characteristic of men.

OriginMiddle English mennish ← Old English mennisċ ← Proto-West Germanic *mannisk →
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Meanings

adjectivemennish (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareLike or characteristic of men.

    I hate men and all things mennish!

    2009, Jennifer Clare Burke, Visible: A Femmethology
    2 more examples

    But Men are Mennish[;] don't seek perfect Men.

    1910, John Bunyan Robinson, Bird Or Feather Convention

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
human

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  2. Proto-Germanic*mann-“person, human”
  3. Proto-Germanic*manniskaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*mannisk
  5. Old Englishmennisċ
  6. Middle Englishmennish“human”
  7. Englishmennish

* 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.

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