Definitions for mannish

mannish man·nish

Spelling: [man-ish]
IPA: /ˈmæn ɪʃ/

Mannish is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in mannish (ahimnns).

Definitions for mannish

adjective

  1. being typical or suggestive of a man rather than a woman:
  2. resembling a man, as in size or manner:

Origin of mannish

before 900; Middle English; replacing Middle English mennish, Old English mennisc; see man1, -ish1

Examples for mannish

I thought I was your guardian, Susan; but that's just my mannish complacency.

The girls out there usually got rough and mannish after they went to herding.

Allie was a masculine creature, who affected a mannish cut of clothes.

Only he has a quaint, mannish notion that he must "protect me."

Yet she had none of the mannish mannerisms that so often accompany an "athletic" girl.

The designer showed a collection filled with mannish silhouettes, pinstripe suiting, and plaids.

I was afraid I should find them mannish and rough, or sentimental and conceited.

"Now, don't forget about that," said one of the mannish women.

Richard is mannish, but impracticable, and a little difficult to understand.

She was mannish in her attire and quite soldierly in her bearing.

Word Value for mannish
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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