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menschy

menschy adjective: upstanding; having integrity and responsibility.

Adjective

menschy (comparative menschier, superlative menschiest)

  1. Upstanding; having integrity and responsibility.
    • And although menschier folk would have offered to pay for the damage, you’re lucky these boys didn’t burn down your house.2009 February 15, Philip Galanes, “Piggy Bank for Mom and Dad”, in New York Times
    • This validated my decision to stay in touch with my menschy men of yesteryear, none of whom has ever made anything resembling an attempt on my life.2025 February 28, Laura Esther Wolfson, “Rules for Staying Close to Exes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of menschy

comparativemenschier
superlativemenschiest
alternative formmentschy

Origin of menschy

From mensch + -y.

Words formed from menschy

Questions about menschy

What does menschy mean?
Menschy means upstanding; having integrity and responsibility.
What part of speech is menschy?
Menschy is an adjective.

Words near menschy in the dictionary

  1. mensches
  2. menschier
  3. menschiest
  4. menschiness
  5. menschlike
  6. menschy
  7. mense
  8. mensed
  9. menseful
  10. menseless
  11. Menser

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