maness

[人名] 马内斯

词形变化

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释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Female equivalent of man: woman.

    废旧

    Taught the Ædenic mysteries of man And maness; how in union infinite,

词源

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.

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