a. [ Man + -ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc. ] 1. Resembling a human being in form or nature; human. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
But yet it was a figure Most like to mannish creature. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
A woman impudent and mannish grown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
-- Man"nish*ly pos>adv. -- Man"nish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]