Manliness

  • 81hairy-chested — adjective Date: circa 1937 characterized by especially exaggerated or stereotypical manliness …

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  • 82manhood — noun Date: 13th century 1. the condition of being a human being 2. qualities associated with men ; manliness 3. the condition of being an adult male as distinguished from a child or female 4. adult males ; men 5. penis …

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  • 83testosterone — noun Etymology: testis + o + sterone Date: 1935 1. a hormone that is a hydroxy steroid ketone C19H28O2 produced especially by the testes or made synthetically and that is responsible for inducing and maintaining male secondary sex characters 2.… …

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  • 84virtue — noun Etymology: Middle English vertu, virtu, from Anglo French, from Latin virtut , virtus strength, manliness, virtue, from vir man more at virile Date: 13th century 1. a. conformity to a standard of right ; morality b. a particular moral… …

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  • 85chicken — I. noun Etymology: Middle English chiken, from Old English cicen young chicken; akin to Old English cocc cock Date: 14th century 1. a. the common domestic fowl (Gallus gallus) especially when young; also its flesh used as food compare jungle fowl …

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  • 86chickenshit — I. adjective Date: 1945 1. usually vulgar petty, insignificant 2. usually vulgar lacking courage, manliness, or effectiveness II. noun Date: 1947 1. usually vulgar the …

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  • 87man — I. noun (plural men) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English man, mon human being, male human; akin to Old High German man human being, Sanskrit manu Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) an individual human; especially an adult male human (2)… …

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  • 88manly — I. adverb Date: before 12th century in a manly manner II. adjective (manlier; est) Date: 13th century 1. having qualities generally associated with a man ; strong, virile 2. appropriate in character to a man < …

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  • 89pretty — I. adjective (prettier; est) Etymology: Middle English praty, prety, from Old English prættig tricky, from prætt trick; akin to Old Norse prettr trick Date: before 12th century 1. a. artful, clever b. pat, apt …

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  • 90Agrarianism — has two common meanings. The first meaning refers to a social philosophy or political philosophy which values rural society as superior to urban society, the independent farmer as superior to the paid worker, and sees farming as a way of life&#8230; …

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