Crossword clues for mannish
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mannish \Man"nish\, a. [Man + -ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc.]
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Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.
--Chaucer.But yet it was a figure Most like to mannish creature.
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Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine.
--Chaucer.A woman impudent and mannish grown.
--Shak. Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [Obs.]
--Chaucer. [1913 Webster] -- Man"nish*ly,adv. -- Man"nish*ness, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English mennisc "human, human-like, natural," from Proto-Germanic *manniska- (cognates: Old Saxon mannisc, Old High German mennisc, Gothic mannisks), from *manna- (see man (n.)). In some cases a new formation from man (n.) + -ish.\n
\nSense of "masculine" is from late 14c.; in reference to women seen as masculine, from late 14c. Of adult males (opposed to childish) from 1520s. Related: Mannishly; mannishness. The Proto-Germanic adjective became, in some languages, a noun meaning "human" (such as German Mensch), and in Old English mannish also was used as a noun "mankind, folk, race, people."
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for a man 2 (context obsolete English) Resembling a human being in form or nature; human. 3 (context obsolete of a woman English) Fond of men.
WordNet
adj. resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather than a woman; "a mannish stride"
characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman; "true mannish arrogance"
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "mannish".
Their faces resembled jackals or perhaps hyenas, and they wore scraps of armor and brandished large, mannish weapons.
I got a job and was doing fine until one day I came home and found that those four mannish freaks, like beasts of prey, had tracked me down by my scent.
She was a tiny creature, barely five feet tall, with the exotic coloring and wide dark eyes of a lady in a Persian miniature, but her clothing was defiantly English - neat little boots and a divided skirt, under a mannish shirt and tweed jacket.
The short dark shining curls danced around her smooth pale cheeks, and she pursed her lips again to drag at the cigarette, and in some strange fashion Mark found the mannish act shocking, and exciting.
It interested me that the hostesses here were dressed in rather mannish garb.
The woman, also like Ruth, wore a short, mannish leather jacket, but in dark brown and with a silk paisley scarf.
Samantha Dolan was wearing a stylish gray pants suit with a cameo brooch and dark blond hair that was cut short without being mannish.