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-ese-ese /iːz/ suffix  -eseOrigin: Portuguese -es and Italian -ese, from Latin -ensis ► Anthropologyclansman, nounclanswoman, nounculturally, adverbculture, noundemography, noun-ese, suffixethnic, adjectiveethnography, nounethnology, nounfirst generation, nounintermarry, verbinterracial, adjectivekinship, nounmegalith, nounnative, adjectiveneanderthal, nounNeanderthal man, nounNeolithic, adjectivenomad, nounorientalist, nounpeace pipe, nounprimitive, adjectiveprimordial, adjectivepygmy, nounracial, adjectivesavage, adjectivesavage, nounsettlement, nounsettler, nountaboo, adjectivetotem, nountotem pole, nountribal, adjectivetribalism, nountribe, nountribesman, nountribeswoman, nountroglodyte, nounwampum, nounwar dance, nounwar paint, nounwhite, adjective 1[in nouns] the people or language of a particular country or place: the Viennese (=people from Vienna) l’m learning Japanese (=the language of Japan).2[in adjectives] belonging to a particular country or place: Chinese music3[in nouns] informal language or words used by a particular group, especially when it sounds ugly or is difficult to understand: journalese (=language used in newspapers) officialese (=language used in official or legal writing) |