mannish
Speech parts
1. mannish - Adjective
2. mannish - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.
Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine.
Fond of men; -- said of a woman.
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Examples
true mannish arrogance
a mannish stride
The Peoples of Middle-earth, p. 63. In The Lost Road and Other Writings it is implied that the Númenóreans spoke Quenya, and that Sauron, hating all things Elvish, taught the Númenóreans the old Mannish tongue they themselves had forgotten.
Dressed in a vibrant blue three-piece suit, 82-year-old Willie Buck sings classics such as Muddy Waters' Mannish Boy.
This added a depth of historical development to the Mannish languages.