mamishadj.
Compositorial misreading of mannish adj., formerly explained as ‘uxorious’ and derived from mam n.1; but this word means ‘mother’ not ‘wife’, and the questioning to which Hall refers is the activity of the contumacious woman, not the compliant man.
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the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] > excessively loving > characterized by excessive love of wife
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [adjective] > characterized by excessive love of wife
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a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 240 If the Crown be set upon the head (as the husband may give honour to the weaker vessel) yet it is a pittyful head that is not better then the crown that adornes it... None but some mamish Monsters can question it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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