maness

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Female equivalent of man: woman. feminine,form-of,no-plural,nonce-word,obsolete
    — 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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