mennish

English

Etymology

• Modern uses are probably men +‎ -ish.
• Older ones may be from Middle English mennish (“human”), from Old English mennisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person, human”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- or *men-. By surface analysis, man +‎ -ish. Doublet of mannish, mensk, mense, and mensch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.ɪʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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!

   • 2010, Elaine Treharne, Greg Walker, The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Literature in English, page 496:

     Among numerous other examples, menniscnyss connoted humanity, a state of being among the mennish race; […]