maness

English

Etymology

man +‎ -ess

Noun

maness (plural not attested)

(obsolete, nonce word) feminine equivalent of man; woman.
- 1855, Philip James Bailey, The Mystic and Other Poems, p. 130 (Google Books view):
  Taught the Ædenic mysteries of man
  
  And maness; how in union infinite,

Anagrams

Essman, Semans, assmen, manses

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