English Explanatory Dictionary

mennish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Like or characteristic of men.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛn.ɪʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mennish.wav

Word forms

mennish

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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