Thesaurus: mannish

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1. a. Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.
2. a. Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine.
3. a. Fond of men; -- said of a woman.
4. adj. resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather than a woman
5. adj. characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman
6. 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.
7. j:100 s. resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather than a woman s. characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman