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单词 manliness
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manlinessn.

Brit. /ˈmanlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmænlinᵻs/
Forms: Middle English manlynes, Middle English–1500s manlynesse, 1500s–1600s (1900s– archaic) manlinesse, 1600s– manliness; Scottish pre-1700 manlines, pre-1700 manlynes.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: manly adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < manly adj. + -ness suffix. With sense 1 compare manly adj. 1; with sense 2 compare manly adj. 2.
1. Humanity; human kindness. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > humaneness
menska1250
manhead1340
humanityc1384
manlinessc1384
manhooda1425
mankind1605
humaneness1729
humanitarianism1850
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. xiv. 9 Thi manlynesse [L. humanitatem tuam] shewid to alle men.
?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 214 (MED) Þe fend & his seyn þat it is manlynesse & riȝtwisnesse & almes to betyn gadlyngis & be vengid on hem þat don hem wrong.
a1500 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 369 (MED) Lerne of Cryste manlynes; take hede at Cryste and be not heuy.
2. Manly qualities or characteristics; the type of strength, fortitude, or hardiness traditionally associated with men as opposed to women or children. Also: virility.
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the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > [noun]
manshipc1275
manheadc1300
virtuec1330
manhooda1393
manliheadc1425
manful-hardinessc1450
manlinessc1450
manfulnessc1460
virtuosity1543
man1602
manlikeness1742
ruggedness1845
balls1958
society > morality > virtue > [noun] > manly virtue
virtuec1330
valoura1400
manlinessc1450
virility1603
the world > people > person > man > [noun] > qualities of
manheadc1300
manhooda1393
manlinessc1450
manlihood1583
maleness1663
mannishness1882
c1450 Contin. Lydgate's Secrees (Sloane 2464) 2603 (MED) Colour reed Causyd of blood pure, Is signe of strengthe and greet manlynesse.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 77 His vrechidnes so in thame gais, That thai thair manlynes sall tyne Throu vrechidnes of his covyne.
1569 A. Golding tr. N. Hemmingsen Postill f. 23 Stephan was..full of grace and manlynesse [L. fortitudine].
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vii. sig. G5v Yet weend by secret signes of manlinesse..That he whilome some gentle swaine had beene. View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon To Parl. sig. A4v If men want manlinesse to expostulate the right of their due ransom.
1673 Remarques on Humours of Town sig. Aivv A person who..should value the innocence and manliness of a Country one [sc. life].
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 233 An air of becoming manliness..that symmetriz'd nobly with that air of distinction..with which nature had stamp'd it [sc. his face].
1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 384 Whilst her fond husband strove to lend relief In all the silent manliness of grief.
1810 R. B. Sheridan Let. 16 Apr. (1966) III. 76 Men who have fought, and valiantly fought in Spain..submitted to have mud thrown in their faces... This must have required more of their manliness than to charge all the hosts of Buonaparte.
1880 A. Trollope Duke's Children I. iii. 33 He was dark, with..that expression of manliness..which women love the best.
1928 N. Devitt Blue Lizard & Other Stories xvi. 149 The Golden City and its ways had turned these natives from ‘blanketeers’, in all their pristine manliness and innocence, into black dudes, with a tendency to emulate the white man's vices.
1963 W. Soyinka Lion & Jewel 28 Do any of my wives report a failing in my manliness?
1994 Guardian 28 Sept. (Society section) 4/1 Read claims to have devised a market niche between macho and eco: a sport for men who yearn to be Ernest Hemingway but sense that David Bellamy may be a better model of manliness these days.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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