单词 | -ess |
释义 | -esssuffix forming nouns ▶ USAGE The suffix -ess in such words as poetess, authoress is now almost invariably regarded as disparaging or extremely old-fashioned; a gender-neutralterm poet, author is preferredindicating a female waitress lioness Word origin via Old French from Late Latin -issa, from Greek |
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