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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-ish,1 suffix. - -ish is attached to nouns or roots to form adjectives with the meaning:
- relating to;
in the same manner of;
having the characteristics of:brute + -ish → brutish. - of or relating to the people or language of:Brit- + -ish → British;Swede + -ish → Swedish.
- like;
similar to:baby + -ish → babyish;mule + -ish → mulish;girl + -ish → girlish. - addicted to;
inclined or tending to:book + -ish → bookish (= tending to read books a great deal). - near or about:fifty + -ish → fiftyish (nearly fifty years old).
- -ish is also attached to adjectives to form adjectives with the meaning "somewhat, rather'':old + -ish → oldish (= somewhat old);red + -ish → reddish (= somewhat red);sweet + -ish → sweetish.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024-ish,1 - a suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of "belonging to'' (British;
Danish;
English;
Spanish);
"after the manner of,'' "having the characteristics of,'' "like'' (babyish;
girlish;
mulish);
"addicted to,'' "inclined or tending to'' (bookish;
freakish);
"near or about'' (fiftyish;
sevenish). - a suffix used to form adjectives from other adjectives, with the sense of "somewhat,'' "rather'' (oldish;
reddish;
sweetish).
- Middle English; Old English -isc; cognate with German -isch, Gothic -isks, Greek -iskos; akin to -esque
- a suffix occurring in i-stem verbs borrowed from French:ravish.
- French -iss-, extended stem of verbs with infinitives in -ir Latin -isc-, in inceptive verbs
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ish suffix forming adjectives - of or belonging to a nationality or group: Scottish
- often derogatory having the manner or qualities of; resembling: slavish, prudish, boyish
- somewhat; approximately: yellowish, sevenish
- concerned or preoccupied with: bookish
Etymology: Old English -isc; related to German -isch, Greek -iskos |