Mannish, 1) male: “we'll have a swashing and a martial outside, as many other m. cowards have that do outface it with their semblances,” As I, 3, 123. 2) pertaining to the age of manhood: “though now our voices have got the m. crack,” Cymb. IV, 2, 236. 3) masculine, bold in an unbecoming manner: “a woman impudent and m. grown,” Troil. III, 3, 217.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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