mennish
adj/ˈmɛn.ɪʃ/
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, mense, and mensch.
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Rare Like or characteristic of men.
- But Men are Mennish[;] don't seek perfect Men.1910, John Bunyan Robinson, Bird Or Feather Convention:
- I hate men and all things mennish!2009, Jennifer Clare Burke, Visible: A Femmethology:
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- Among numerous other examples, menniscnyss connoted humanity, a state of being among the mennish race; […]2010, Elaine Treharne, Greg Walker, The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Literature in English, page 496: