单词 | -ish |
释义 | -ish -ish1 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). 2. a suffix used to form adjectives from other adjectives, with the sense of "somewhat," "rather" (oldish; reddish; sweetish). [ME; OE -isc; c. G -isch, Goth -isks, Gk -iskos; akin to -ESQUE] -ish2 a suffix occurring in i-stem verbs borrowed from French: ravish. [ < F -iss-, extended s. of verbs with infinitives in -ir << L -isc-, in inceptive verbs] |
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