maness
maness is the female equivalent of man.
Meaning of man
Noun
man (plural men)
- An adult male human.
- The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.
- All human males collectively: mankind.
- THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.1776 December 19, Thomas Paine, The American Crisis
- An adult male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a representative, etc.
- When President Roosevelt goes walking in the country about Washington he is always accompanied by two Secret Service men.1909, Harper's Weekly, volume 53, page iii
- An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
- He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house[…]1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “In The Enemy’s Camp”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part VI (Captain Silver), page 234
- An adult or adolescent male servant. Anyone from a right-hand man (high-ranking assistant) to a low-ranking servant.
- A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult.
- every man for himself
Proper noun capitalized: Maness
Maness (countable and uncountable, plural Manesses)
- A surname from Dutch.
- An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, United States.
Forms of maness
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Origin of maness
From man + -ess, especially after Biblical Hebrew אִשָּׁה (ishá, “woman”), which is traditionally presented as a feminine form of אִישׁ ('ish, “man”) but is a false cognate. Compare French hommesse, formed upon the same analogy.
Probably a variant of Dutch Manes.
Questions about maness
- What does maness mean?
- Maness means a surname from Dutch.
- What is maness the female equivalent of?
- Maness is the female equivalent of man.
- What part of speech is maness?
- Maness is a proper noun.
Words near maness in the dictionary
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