mannish [
'mæniʃ]
a. 男子似的, 成人似的
mannish[ adj ]- resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather than a woman
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a mannish stride
- characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman
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true mannish arrogance
Mannish \Man"nish\, a. [Man + -ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc.]
1. Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.
--Chaucer.
But yet it was a figure
Most like to mannish creature. --Gower.
2. Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man,
manlike, masculine. --Chaucer.
A woman impudent and mannish grown. --Shak.
3. Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
※ -- {Man"nish*ly},adv. -- {Man"nish*ness},
n.