mennish
English
editEtymology
edit- 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, mensk, mense, and mensch.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.ɪʃ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editmennish (not comparable)
- (rare) Like or characteristic of men.
- 1910, John Bunyan Robinson, Bird Or Feather Convention:
- But Men are Mennish[;] don't seek perfect Men.
- 2009, Jennifer Clare Burke, Visible: A Femmethology:
- I hate men and all things mennish!
- 2010, Elaine Treharne, Greg Walker, The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Literature in English, page 496:
- Among numerous other examples, menniscnyss connoted humanity, a state of being among the mennish race; […]
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