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† ˈmanness
In 3 mannesse, mennesse.
[app. f. man n.1 + -ness; the umlaut form seems to be due to the analogy of mennish, mannish a.]
†1. Human nature. Obs.
a1225Leg. Kath. 1118 Þah he were dedlich, þurh þ̶ he mon wes, onont his mennesse [MS. C mannesse], & deide.
2. = maleness.
1921W. J. Turner Music & Life p. ix, You are not concerned with their..brains..but with something which we may call their ‘manness’. 1947J. Steinbeck Pearl (1948) v. 64 The quality of woman..could cut through Kino's manness. |