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mennish

/ˈmɛn.ɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
men-nish
IPA
/ˈmɛn.ɪʃ/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like or characteristic of men.

Example Sentences

Etymology

* Modern uses are probably men + -ish. * Older ones may be from Middle English mennish (“human”), from Old English mennisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk, from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person, human”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- or *men-. By surface analysis, man + -ish. Doublet of mannish, mense, and mensch.

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Questions

How do you pronounce mennish?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛn.ɪʃ/.
What does mennish mean?
Like or characteristic of men.
Where does mennish come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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