Home › Words › M › manlihoodmanlihoodmanlihood means the condition of being manly; manliness; manhood.EtymologyAlteration of earlier manlihead, from Middle English manlihede, manlyhed, equivalent to manly + -hood.nounThe condition of being manly; manliness; manhoodDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).