Mannish vs Manny - What's the difference?
mannish | manny |
Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for a man
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.
* Gower
(obsolete, of a woman) Fond of men.
(informal) A male nanny (for children).
*2006 [Perry Taylor] has popped up in supermarket tabloids as the male nanny – or "manny" – for Britney Spears, who has a 9-month-old son, Sean Preston and is pregnant. —
As an adjective mannish
is of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for a man.As a proper noun manny is
.mannish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- (Chaucer)
- A woman impudent and mannish grown.
- (Chaucer)
- But yet it was a figure / Most like to mannish creature.
- (Chaucer)
Derived terms
* mannishly * mannishnessmanny
English
Noun
(mannies)CBS News, 9 June 2006