early 13c., "state of being human," from man (n.) + -hood. Meanings "state of being an adult male," also "manliness," are from late 14c. Similar words in Old English were less explicitly masculine: manscipe "humanity, courtesy," literally "man-ship;" mennisclicnes "state of man, humanity, humaneness, human nature." The more "manly" word was werhad "male sex, virility, manhood" (see first element in werewolf).
例文
1. His handwriting，from earliest young manhood ，was flowing and graceful.
彼の字は小さい頃から流暢で優美だった。
2.Those killed have been described as the flower of Polish manhood .
その犠牲者たちはポーランド人男性のエリートと呼ばれている。
3.He 's a coward and a bully who confuses physical strength with manhood .
彼は臆病者で、力強さと男らしさの区別がつかない強靭な人だ。
4.Italian manhood was appalled.
イタリア人男性は怯えていた。
5.Her new-found power was a threat to his manhood .