different between mannish vs masculine
mannish
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)
- (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.
- 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.
- (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.”
- 2014, Kurt Campbell, “Police left 15-year-old to die — Relatives,” inewsguyana.com, 11 March, 2014,[7]
- (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.
- 1955, JRR Tolkien, The Return of the King:
Derived terms
- mannishly
- mannishness
- mannish water
References
Further reading
- mannish at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Hinmans
Middle English
Adjective
mannish
- 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.”
- 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, The Tale of Melibee,[8]
- (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.
- c. 1380s, Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, Book I, lines 281-284,[9]
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masculine
English
Alternative forms
- m., m (abbreviation, grammar)
Etymology
From Middle English masculyne, masculyn, from Old French masculin, from Latin mascul?nus, diminutive of masculus (“male, manly”), itself a diminutive of m?s (“male”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?mæskj?l?n/, /?mæskj?l?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?mæskjul?n/, /?mæskj?l?n/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?mæskj?l?n/
Adjective
masculine (comparative more masculine, superlative most masculine)
- Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
- Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
- Synonym: male
- Antonyms: female, womanly
- Belonging to males; typically used by males.
- Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
- 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the state of Europe during the Middle ages
- That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
- […] a masculine church.
- Synonyms: manly, virile
- Antonyms: effeminate, emasculated, epicene, unmanly
- 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the state of Europe during the Middle ages
- (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
- (of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
- (of some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.
- Coordinate terms: feminine, neuter
- (of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
masculine (plural masculines)
- (grammar) The masculine gender.
- (grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
- That which is masculine.
- (rare, possibly obsolete) A man.
Translations
Anagrams
- calumnies, manicules, semuncial
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mas.ky.lin/
Adjective
masculine
- feminine singular of masculin
Latin
Adjective
mascul?ne
- vocative masculine singular of mascul?nus
References
- masculine in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- masculine in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mas.ku?li.ne]
Adjective
masculine
- feminine plural nominative of masculin
- feminine plural accusative of masculin
- neuter plural nominative of masculin
- neuter plural accusative of masculin
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