英和和英

形容詞

manful (comparative manfuller, superlative manfullest)

1. Showing the characteristics considered typical of a man; macho or manly.
   • 1988, Bapsi Sidhwa, Ice-Candy Man, Daunt Books (2016), page 245:

     If Cousin wasn’t trying so hard to be manful, he’d be crying.

2. (by extension) Courageous; noble; high-minded.

派生語

参考

• mainful

アナグラム

• man flu, man-flu

語源

By surface analysis, mān (“crime, sin”) +‎ -ful

形容詞

mānful

1. wicked, evil, dire
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Þā sē hālga martyr mid þām Hālgan Gāst āfylled smearcode mid mūþe and tō þām mānfullan cwæþ "Ūs ġedafenaþ tō offriġenne þām undēadlīċum gode."

     Then the holy martyr, filled with the Holy Spirit, smiled with his mouth and to the evil man said "It benefits us to sacrifice to the undying God."

語形変化

語源

From man (“man, person”) +‎ -ful.

発音

• IPA: /ˈmanful/

形容詞

manful

1. Noble, brave, strong, daring, determined; displaying virtues seen as manly.

派生語

• manfully
• monfulnesse

派生した語

• English: manful
• Scots: manfull (obsolete)

参照

• “manful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.