maness
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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Female equivalent of man: woman.
— 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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