| 单词 | ess |
| 释义 | -ess in British Englishsuffix 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 Greekess in American English (ɛs) nounWord forms: plural ˈesses 1. the letter S 2. something shaped like S -ess in American English (ɛs; ɪs; əs) female [lioness] Word origin ME -esse, -isse < OFr -esse < LL -issa < Gress in American English (es) noun 1. the letter S 2. something shaped like an S The road wound among the mountains in great esses Word origin [1530–40]This word is first recorded in the period 1530–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: analogy, lotus, saturate, scene, starterExamples of '-ess' in a sentence |
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