mannish adj.

Old English mennisc, mænnisc "human, human-like, natural to the human species," from Proto-Germanic *manniska- (source also of Old Saxon mannisc, Old High German mennisc, Gothic mannisks), from *manna- (from PIE root *man- (1) "man"). In some cases a new formation from man (n.) + -ish.

Sense of "masculine, characteristic or resembling the males of the human kind" is from late 14c.; also from late 14c. in reference to women seen as masculine. As "characteristic of a grown man" (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."

Mannish, not closely matching womanish, applies to that which is somewhat like man, as when a boy gets a mannish voice, and to that in woman which is too much like man to be womanly. [Century Dictionary, 1895]

词汇	mannish
词源	mannish adj. Old English mennisc, mænnisc "human, human-like, natural to the human species," from Proto-Germanic manniska- (source also of Old Saxon mannisc, Old High German mennisc, Gothic mannisks), from manna- (from PIE root man- (1) "man"). In some cases a new formation from man (n.) + -ish. Sense of "masculine, characteristic or resembling the males of the human kind" is from late 14c.; also from late 14c. in reference to women seen as masculine. As "characteristic of a grown man" (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." Mannish, not closely matching womanish, applies to that which is somewhat like man, as when a boy gets a mannish voice, and to that in woman which is too much like man to be womanly. [Century Dictionary, 1895] Entries linking to mannish* man- 1 Proto-Indo-European root meaning "man." It forms all or part of: alderman; Alemanni; fugleman; Herman; hetman; landsman; leman; man; manikin; mannequin; mannish; mensch; Norman; ombudsman; yeoman. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit manuh, Avestan manu-, Old Church Slavonic mozi, Russian muzh "man, male;" Old English man, mann "human being, person; brave man, hero; servant, vassal." -ish adjectival word-forming element, Old English -isc "of the nativity or country of," in later use "of the nature or character of," from Proto-Germanic suffix -iska- (cognates: Old Saxon -isk, Old Frisian -sk, Old Norse -iskr, Swedish and Danish -sk, Dutch -sch, Old High German -isc, German -isch, Gothic -isks), cognate with Greek diminutive suffix -iskos. In its oldest forms with altered stem vowel (French, Welsh). The Germanic suffix was borrowed into Italian and Spanish (-esco) and French (-esque). Colloquially attached to hours to denote approximation, 1916. The -ish in verbs (abolish, establish, finish, punish, etc.) is a mere terminal relic from the Old French present participle. *man- (1)-ishchildish (adj.)manhood (n.) updated on November 28, 2018
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mannish adj.

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