单词 | mannishness |
释义 | mannishnessn.ΘΚΠ the world > people > [noun] > quality or state of being human mannishnesseOE mannishlaikc1175 manhoodc1225 manheadc1230 manliheada1325 humanitya1425 human condition?1566 humanness1694 humanism1836 humanhood1847 human situation1878 humanitas1896 being-with1956 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iii. xiv. 220 Ymb syx hund wintra & þreo & fiftig from Drihtnes menniscnesse. OE Ælfric Homily (Vitell. C.v) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 324 Se [Hælen]d ana, ðe is gehaten Crist, underfeng þa menniscnysse and for us [mannum] ðrowode. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1373 Þær cristess mennisscnesse. Drannc dæþess drinnch o rode treo. Forr ure woȝhe dedess. a1225 ( Ælfric's Homily De Initio Creaturae (Vesp. A.xxii) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 229 Næ worhte he..nane wndre openlice, er þan þe he was þritti wintre an þara mennisnisse. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 11 Such a tang of manishness, or a mingle mangle of half man, half world. 2. Manliness, maleness. Now chiefly used of a woman or a woman's attributes (cf. mannish adj. 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > man-like woman > quality or state of being mannishnessc1450 strong-mindedness1826 masculinity1865 masculineness1901 masculinism1911 the world > people > person > man > [noun] > qualities of manheadc1300 manhooda1393 manlinessc1450 manlihood1583 maleness1663 mannishness1882 c1450 in Mod. Philol. (1924) 21 392 (MED) Then prydyth the streȝt nose lyke a rule..Not apysshe short..Nor crane bekyd to shewe manysshenes. 1615 Bp. J. Hall Imprese of God ii, in Recoll. Treat. 673 The painted faces, and mannishnesse..of the one sexe, the factious hollownesse..in the other. 1860 Biblical Repertory Jan. 113 The youth's conceits and precocious mannishness presume the existence of actual manhood before him and around him. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 June 4/2 But now..all the exclusive mannishness of the colleges seems fast melting away before the new invasion [of women]. 1886 M. E. Braddon One Thing Needful xi The masculine woman is proud of her mannishness. 1916 in J. N. Katz Gay/Lesbian Almanac (1983) 366 Tomboyism as a source of unlady-like conduct and mannishness. 1974 ‘J. le Carré’ Tinker, Tailor xxi. 176 Mo Delaware had only passed muster as a woman because of her brownie mannishness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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