"manliness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmænlɪnəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-manliness.wav Forms: manlinesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English manlynes, manlynesse. By surface analysis, manly + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|manlynes}} Middle English manlynes, {{surf|en|manly|-ness}} By surface analysis, manly + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} manliness (usually uncountable, plural manlinesses)
  1. The quality of being manly; the set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men (as opposed to women or children); similarity to a man. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: virility, masculinity, manfulness, mannishness, maleness Translations (similarity to man): ἀγηνορία (agēnoría) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ἀνδροπρέπεια (androprépeia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), erkeklik (Azerbaijani), মরদামি (mordami) (Bengali), পুরুষত্ব (puruśotto) (Bengali), پیاوەتی (pyawetî) (Central Kurdish), mannelijkheid [feminine] (Dutch), maskleco (Esperanto), vireco (Esperanto), miehekkyys (Finnish), miehisyys (Finnish), miehuus (Finnish), miehuullisuus (Finnish), masculinité [feminine] (French), virilité [feminine] (French), კაცურობა (ḳacuroba) (Georgian), მამაკაცურობა (mamaḳacuroba) (Georgian), Männlichkeit [feminine] (German), Mannhaftigkeit [feminine] (German), ανδροπρέπεια (androprépeia) [feminine] (Greek), मर्दानगी (mardāngī) [feminine] (Hindi), férfiasság (Hungarian), kejantanan (Indonesian), virilità [feminine] (Italian), mascolinità [feminine] (Italian), virtus (Latin), animus virilis (Latin), маже́ственост (mažéstvenost) [feminine] (Macedonian), tānetanga (Maori), نارينتوب (nârintób) [masculine] (Pashto), مردانگی (mardânegi) (Persian), virilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), hombridade [feminine] (Portuguese), virilitate [feminine] (Romanian), му́жественность (múžestvennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), duinealas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), fearachas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), fearalachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), misneachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), tapachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), muževnost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mužnosť (Slovak), hombría [feminine] (Spanish), virilidad [feminine] (Spanish), varonilidad [feminine] (Spanish), manlighet [common-gender] (Swedish), erkeklik (Turkish), مردانگی (mardāngī) [feminine] (Urdu), ubudoda [class-14] (Zulu)
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  2. (euphemistic, rare) Male genitals. Tags: euphemistic, rare, uncountable, usually Synonyms: manhood Translations (male genitals): miehuus (Finnish), férfiasság (Hungarian), mužnosť (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-manliness-en-noun-5vM~Ka-J Categories (other): English euphemisms Disambiguation of 'male genitals': 10 88 2
  3. (rare) Humanity, the quality of being human. Tags: rare, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-manliness-en-noun-tGLntGxC

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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "similarity to man",
      "word": "erkeklik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "mardāngī",
      "sense": "similarity to man",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مردانگی"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "similarity to man",
      "tags": [
        "class-14"
      ],
      "word": "ubudoda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "male genitals",
      "word": "miehuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "male genitals",
      "word": "férfiasság"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "male genitals",
      "word": "mužnosť"
    }
  ],
  "word": "manliness"
}

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