different between flawed vs mennish

English

Etymology

From Middle English flaued, equivalent to flaw +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??d

Adjective

flawed (comparative more flawed, superlative most flawed)

1. Having a flaw or imperfection.

   Flawed diamonds are generally not used in jewellery.

   His design for a perpetual motion machine is flawed because water does not flow uphill.

   • 2018, June 14, Timothy Snyder, The New York Times, How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany?

     He presents Hitler’s rise as an element of the collapse of a republic confronting dilemmas of globalization with imperfect instruments and flawed leaders.

Antonyms

• perfect

Translations

English

Etymology

• Modern uses are probably men +? -ish.
• Older ones may be from Middle English mennish (“human”), from Old English mennis? (“human; natural; humane”), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human, humanity”), from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“man, human, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- or *men-; synchronically analyzable as man +? -ish. Doublet of mannish, mensk, mense, and mensch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n.??/

Adjective

mennish (not comparable)

1. (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!