maness
nounEtymology From man + -ess, especially after Biblical Hebrew אִשָּׁה (ishá, “woman”), which is traditionally presented as a feminine form of אִישׁ ('ish, “man”) but is a false cognate. Compare French hommesse, formed upon the same analogy.
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Feminine, No plural, Nonce word, Obsolete Female equivalent of man: woman.
- Taught the Ædenic mysteries of man And maness; how in union infinite,1855, Philip James Bailey, The Mystic and Other Poems, p. 130 (Google Books view)