manlike

English

From man +‎ -like.

manlike (comparative more manlike, superlative most manlike)

Of or characteristic of grown men, as opposed to women or children; macho, mannish, virile.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  In events, I carry my selfe man-like; in the conduct childishly.
Of or relating to a human being; anthropoid, anthropomorphous.
The legendary Bigfoot is said to be a manlike creature.

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