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mannish
[ man-ish ]
adjective
- being typical or suggestive of a man rather than a woman:
mannish clothing styles for women; a mannish voice.
- resembling a man, as in size or manner:
a mannish youth.
mannish
/ ˈ³¾Ã¦²Ôɪʃ /
adjective
- (of a woman) having or displaying qualities regarded as typical of a man
- of or resembling a man
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¾²¹²Ô²Ô¾±²õ³ó²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
- ˈ³¾²¹²Ô²Ô¾±²õ³ó±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¾²¹²Ôn¾±²õ³ó·±ô²â adverb
- ³¾²¹²Ôn¾±²õ³ó·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ³Ü²Ô·³¾²¹²Ôn¾±²õ³ó adjective
- un·³¾²¹²Ôn¾±²õ³ó·±ô²â adverb
- un·³¾²¹²Ôn¾±²õ³ó·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Some donned mannish, oversized coats in military greens and browns paired with matching wide-leg trousers, while others covered up with an elegant silk scarf wrapped around the head.
Gertrude, who worked in Los Alamos’ scientific laboratory, got the FBI’s attention when a childhood neighbor described her as “being very mannish in appearance and not considered to be attractive to men.â€
A girlfriend asked her to de-emphasize her feminine looks by cutting her hair and dressing mannishly.
Was it her “mannish†short hairstyle, her friendships with younger women and her flouting of “the southern lady’s book of rules and behavior†that turned so many people against Ruth?
Yet even dressed almost mannishly, I would be noticed.
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