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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.

  1. derived from *mon-✻
  2. derived from *mann-✻ — “person, human”
  3. inherited from *manniskaz✻
  4. inherited from *mannisk✻
  5. inherited from mennisċ
  6. inherited from mennish — “human”

Definitions

  1. Like or characteristic of men.

    • But Men are Mennish[;] don't seek perfect Men.
    • I hate men and all things mennish!
    • Among numerous other examples, menniscnyss connoted humanity, a state of being among the mennish race; […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mennish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA