maness

See also: Maness

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

maness (plural not attested)

1. (obsolete, nonce word) Female equivalent of man: woman.
   • 1855, Philip James Bailey, The Mystic and Other Poems, p. 130 (Google Books view):

     Taught the Ædenic mysteries of man

     And maness; how in union infinite,

Anagrams

• Essman, Semans, assmen, manses, mensas