'Mannish' definitions:
Definition of 'mannish'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather than a woman; "a mannish stride"
adjective
Characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman; "true mannish arrogance"
Definition of 'Mannish'
From: GCIDE
- Mannish \Man"nish\, a. [Man + -ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc.]
- 1. Resembling a human being in form or nature; human. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- But yet it was a figure Most like to mannish creature. --Gower. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- A woman impudent and mannish grown. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] -- {Man"nish*ly},adv. -- {Man"nish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mannish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- AC-DC,
- amphierotic,
- andric,
- autoerotic,
- bisexed,
- bisexual,
- bull,
- butch,
- deviant,
- effeminate,
- gay,
- gentlemanlike,
- gentlemanly,
- homoerotic,
- homosexual,
- hoyden,
- lesbian,
- male,
- manful,
- manlike,
- manly,
- mannified,
- masculine,
- perverted,
- queer,
- rompish,
- sapphic,
- tomboyish,
- transvestite,
- tribadistic,
- uneffeminate,
- unfeminine,
- viraginous