different between mannish vs annish

English

Etymology

From Middle English mannish, mannisshe, mannysh, from earlier mennish (“human", also "humanity, mankind”), from Old English mennis? (“human, natural, humane", also "mankind, human race”), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”), from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“man, human, person”), from Proto-Indo-European *man- (“man”); synchronically analyzable as man +? -ish. Doublet of mennish, mensk, mense, and mensch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæn.??/
• Rhymes: -æn??

Adjective

mannish (comparative more mannish, superlative most mannish)

1. (of a woman) Resembling or characteristic of a man, masculine. [from 16th c. (from 14th c. in Middle English)]

   Synonyms: butch, masculine, unladylike

   • c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act III, Scene 3,^[2]

     A woman impudent and mannish grown

     Is not more loathed than an effeminate man

     In time of action.
2. Resembling or characteristic of a grown man (as opposed to a boy); mature, adult. [from 16th c.]

   Synonyms: manly, grown up

   • c. 1609, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act IV, Scene 2,^[3]

     And let us, Polydore, though now our voices

     Have got the mannish crack, sing him to the ground,

   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Volume I, Letter 8,^[4]

     And so, with an air of mannish superiority, he seems rather to pity the bashful girl, than to apprehend that he shall not succeed.

   • 1957, Langston Hughes, Simply Heavenly: A Comedy with Music, Dramatists Play Service, Act I, Scene 4, page 25,^[5]

     […] Aunt Lucy found out about it and woke me up the next morning with a switch in her hand. . . . But I got all mannish that morning, Joyce. I said, “Aunt Lucy, you ain’t gonna whip me no more. I’se a man now—and you ain’t gonna whip me.”

   • 2011, Mickel Brann, “Don’t take it personal,” Antigua Observer, 30 March, 2011,^[6]

     It’s things like these that remind me that for all his mannish ways, he’s still just a little tyke after all.

3. (Caribbean, Guyana) Impertinent; assertive. [from 19th c.]
   • 2014, Kurt Campbell, “Police left 15-year-old to die — Relatives,” inewsguyana.com, 11 March, 2014,^[7]

     “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.”

4. (archaic) Resembling or characteristic of a human being, in form or nature; human. [from 16th c. (from 9th c. in Anglo-Saxon)]
   • 1955, JRR Tolkien, The Return of the King:

     The Westron was a Mannish speech, though enriched and softened under Elvish influence.

Derived terms

• mannishly
• mannishness
• mannish water

References

Further reading

• mannish at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Hinmans

Middle English

Adjective

mannish

1. Resembling or characteristic of a human being, in form or nature; human.
   • 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, The Tale of Melibee,^[8]

     The proverbe seith: that “for to do sinne is mannish, but certes for to persevere longe in sinne is werk of the devel.”

2. (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,^[9]

     She nas nat with the leste of hir stature,

     But alle hir limes so wel answeringe

     Weren to womanhode, that creature

     Was neuer lasse mannish in seminge.

English

Etymology

Blend of anniversary +? ish (“issue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn??/
• Rhymes: -æn??

Noun

annish (plural annishes)

1. (dated, fandom slang) Issue of a periodical that marks the anniversary of its first publication.

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “annish”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 7
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2021) , “annish n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.