mannish
suomi-englanti sanakirjamannish englannista suomeksi
miehekäs
miesmäinen
mannish englanniksi
(syn)
(RQ:Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida)
(quote-book)
Resembling or characteristic of a grown man (as opposed to a boy); mature, adult. (defdate)
(RQ:Shakespeare Cymbeline)
(RQ:Richardson Clarissa)
{{quote-text|en|year=1957|author=Langston Hughes|title=Simply Heavenly: A Comedy with Music|publisher=Dramatists Play Service|section=act I, scene 4|page=25|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=K6yY9OCGE6oC&printsec=frontcoverv=onepage&q&f=false
{{quote-journal|en|author=Mickel Brann|title=Don’t take it personal|journal=Antigua Observer|date=30 March 2011|titleurl=http://antiguaobserver.com/don%E2%80%99t-take-it-personal/
Impertinent; assertive.cf. Richard Alsopp, ''Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage'', University of the West Indies Press, 2003, mannish.https://books.google.ca/books?id=PmvSk13sIc0C&printsec=frontcover (defdate)
2014, Kurt Campbell, “Police left 15-year-old to die — Relatives,” inewsguyana.com, 11 March, 2014,http://www.inewsguyana.com/police-left-15-year-old-to-die-relatives/
- “They could have saved his life because he was still living, one woman said when she told the police that the boy was alive he said leave him to die, he’s wanted,” Giddings cried, adding that “I know he bad, he mannish, he does misbehave but I never know he was wanted… how can they make the claim without medical assistance.”
Resembling or characteristic of a being, in form or nature; human. (defdate)
{{quote-text|en|year=1955|author=JRR Tolkien|title=The Return of the King
Resembling or characteristic of a being, in form or nature; human.
14th century, (w), ''(w)'', (w),http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22120/22120-h/22120-h.htm
- (quote)
c. 1380s, (w), ''(w)'', Book I, lines 281-284,http://www.gutenberg.org/files/257/257-h/257-h.htm