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Definition of Mannishness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mannishness
Literary usage of Mannishness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"See masculine. mannishness (man'ish-nes), n. The state or quality of being mannish,
... The painted faces and mannishness ami monstrous dis- ..."
2. Boy Life and Self-government by George Walter Fiske (1910)
"But if Jimmie is sound at the core, he will discover ere long that mere mannishness
is only fake manliness, and he will quit every sort of imitation thing ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Antonyms: see WOMANKIND. manliness, n. manhood (archaic), manli- hood (rare),
masculinity, mannishness, ..."
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