Man"kind` (?), a. Manlike; not
womanly; masculine; bold; cruel. [Obs]
Are women grown so mankind? Must they be
wooing?
Beau. & Fl.
Be not too mankind against your
wife.
Chapman.Man`kind" (?), n. [AS. mancynn.
See Kin kindred, Kind, n.]
1. The human race; man, taken
collectively.
The proper study of mankind is
man.
Pore.
2. Men, as distinguished from women; the male
portion of human race. Lev. xviii. 22.
3. Human feelings; humanity. [Obs]
B. Jonson.