Word Meanings - MALE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Evil; wicked; bad. Marston.
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- MASCULINE
Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender. -- Mas"cu*line*ly, adv. -- Mas"cu*line*ness, n. (more info) 1. Of the male sex; not female. - COURAGEOUSLY
In a courageous manner. - MANLY
Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble. Let's briefly put on manly readiness. Shak. Serene and manly, hardened to sustain The load of life. Dryden. Syn. -- Bold; daring; brave; - MANFUL
Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous, resolute, noble. " Manful hardiness." Chaucer. -- Man"ful*ly, adv. -- Man"ful*ness, n. - HARDY
fr. OF. hardir to make bold; of German origin, cf. OHG. hertan to 1. Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolue; intrepid. Hap helpeth hardy man alway. Chaucer. 2. Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless. 3. Strong; firm; - COURAGEOUS
Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold. With this victory, the women became most courageous and proud, and the men waxed . . . fearful and desperate. Stow. Syn. -- Gallant; brave; bold; daring; valiant; valorous; heroic; intrepid; - COURAGEOUSNESS
The quality of being courageous; courage. - VIRILE
Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile - FOOLHARDY
Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell. Syn. -- Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash. - WOMANLY
Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior. Arbuthnot. A blushing, womanly discovering grace. Donne. - CHURCHMANLY
Pertaining to, or becoming, a churchman. Milman. - INHUMANLY
In an inhuman manner; cruelly; barbarously. - STATESMANLY
Becoming a statesman. - SHARDY
Having, or consisting of, shards. - GENTLEMANLIKE; GENTLEMANLY
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well- behaved; courteous; polite. - WORKMANLY
Becoming a skillful workman; skillful; well performed; workmanlike. - YEOMANLY
Pertaining to a yeoman; becoming or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanlike. B. Jonson. Well could he dress his tackle yeomanly. Chaucer. - INVIRILE
Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate. Lowell. - MUSSULMANLY
In the manner of Moslems. - OLD-GENTLEMANLY
Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one. Byron. - ALDERMANLY
Pertaining to, or like, an alderman. - OVERHARDY
Too hardy; overbold.