mannish

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English mannish, mannisshe, mannysh, from earlier mennish (“human”), from Old English mennisċ (“human, natural, humane”), from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”). By surface analysis, man +‎ -ish. Doublet of mennish, mense, and mensch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmæn.ɪʃ/ Rhymes: -ænɪʃ === Adjective === mannish (comparative more mannish, superlative most mannish) (of a woman) Resembling or characteristic of a man, masculine. [from 16th c. (from 14th c. in Middle English)] Synonyms: butch, masculine, unladylike Resembling or characteristic of a grown man (as opposed to a boy); mature, adult. [from 16th c.] Synonyms: manly, grown up (Caribbean, Guyana) Impertinent; assertive. [from 19th c.] 2014, Kurt Campbell, “Police left 15-year-old to die — Relatives,” inewsguyana.com, 11 March, 2014,[3] “They could have saved his life because he was still living, one woman said when she told the police that the boy was alive he said leave him to die, he’s wanted,” Giddings cried, adding that “I know he bad, he mannish, he does misbehave but I never know he was wanted… how can they make the claim without medical assistance.” (Caribbean, African-American Vernacular) Precocious. (archaic or fantasy) Resembling or characteristic of a human being, in form or nature; human. [from 16th c. (from 9th c. in Anglo-Saxon)] ==== Derived terms ==== mannishly mannishness mannish water === References === === Further reading === “mannish”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Richard Allsopp, Jeannette Allsopp (2003), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, University of West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 370: “man·nish /2'2/ adj 1.' (CarA) [Of boys] Impertinent and aggressive; [...] 2.) (Angu, Baha, Dmca, Jmca, StVn) [Of either sex] Unpleasantly precocious. [...] you too mannish...—MBS:4 3. (Antg, Tbgo) [Of children] Pleasantly precocious. [...]” === Anagrams === Hinmans == Middle English == === Adjective === mannish Resembling or characteristic of a human being, in form or nature; human. 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, The Tale of Melibee,[4] (of a woman) Resembling or characteristic of a man, masculine. [from 14th c.] c. 1380s, Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, Book I, lines 281-284,[5]