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.