mannish

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more mannish

Superlative

most mannish

1.
(of a woman) Resembling or characteristic of a man, masculine.
Đồng nghĩa: butch, masculine, unladylike
2.
Resembling or characteristic of a grown man (as opposed to a boy); mature, adult.
Đồng nghĩa: manly, grown up
3.
(Caribbean, Guyana)Impertinent; assertive.
2014, Kurt Campbell, “Police left 15-year-old to die — Relatives,” inewsguyana.com, 11 March, 2014, “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.”
4.
(Caribbean)(Caribbean, African-American Vernacular) Precocious.
5.
(archaic)(archaic or fantasy) Resembling or characteristic of a human being, in form or nature; human.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

butch masculine unladylike manlygrown up

Cùng gốc / liên quan

mannishly mannishnessmannish waterwomanishgirlishboyish

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English mannish, mannisshe, mannysh, from earlier mennish (human), from Old English mennisċ (human, natural, humane), from *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (human). man. mennish mense mensch.