Man"nish (?), a. [Man + - ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc.] 1. Resembling a human being in form or nature; human. Chaucer.

But yet it was a figure
Most like to mannish creature.

2. Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine. Chaucer.

A woman impudent and mannish grown.

3. Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [Obs.] Chaucer.

-- Man"nish*ly (#),adv. -- Man"nish*ness, n.