Man"nish (?), a. [Man + -ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc.]
1.
Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.
Chaucer.
But yet it was a figure
Most like to mannish creature.
Gower.
2.
Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine.
Chaucer.
A woman impudent and mannish grown.
Shak.
3.
Fond of men; -- said of a woman.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
-- Man"nish*ly (#),adv. -- Man"nish*ness, n.
© Webster 1913.