maness
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
Definition of maness
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(feminine, form-of, no-plural, nonce-word, obsolete)Female equivalent of man: woman.
“Taught the Ædenic mysteries of man And maness; how in union infinite,”
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noun
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(feminine, form-of, no-plural, nonce-word, obsolete)Female equivalent of man: woman.
“Taught the Ædenic mysteries of man And maness; how in union infinite,”
name
- (countable, uncountable)A surname from Dutch.
- (countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, United States.
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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.
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