wunder · Library

Part 6810

The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary · Project Gutenberg — chapter 6810 of 12779 · ~206 words · public domain

Read in the Wunder reader — free

<h1>Mankind</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man`kind"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>mancynn</ets>. See <er>Kin</er> kindred, <er>Kind</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The human race; man, taken collectively.</def>

<blockquote>The proper study of <b>mankind</b> is man. <i>Pore.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race.</def>

<i>Lev. xviii. 22.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Human feelings; humanity.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Mankind</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"kind`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel.</def> <mark></mark>

<blockquote>Are women grown <b>so mankind</b>? Must they be wooing? <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Be not too <b>mankind</b> against your wife. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Manks</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Manks</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the language or people of the of Man.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The language spoken in the Isle of Man. See <er>Manx</er>.</def></def2>

<h1>Manless</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Destitute of men.</def>

<i>Bakon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Unmanly; inhuman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Manlessly</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"less*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Inhumanly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Manlike</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Man</ets> + <ets>like.</ets> Cf. <er>Manly</er>.]</ety> <def>Like man, or like a man, in form or nature; having the qualities of a man, esp. the nobler qualities; manly.</def> " Gentle, <i>manlike</i> speech." <i>Testament of Love</i>. " A right <i>manlike</i> man."

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<blockquote>In glaring Chloe's <b>manlike</b> taste and mien. <i>Shenstone.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Manliness</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being manly.</def>

<h1>Manling</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A little man.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

← Previous chapterAll chaptersNext chapter →

The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary · The Wunder Library — complete classics, free to read, with narration.

© 2026 Wunder Learning LLC · Terms & Privacy