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-ish

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  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 ).


-ish

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  1. a suffix occurring in i -stem verbs borrowed from French:

    ravish.

ish

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[ ish ]

adverb

Informal.
  1. (used to modify or moderate something previously stated or as a vague reply to a question) somewhat; in a way; not exactly: “Are you tired?” “Yeah...ish.”

    It's a decent (ish) place to work.

    “Are you tired?” “Yeah...ish.”

    I'd like to get married. Ish.

  2. near or about; approximately: It'll be a $25ish taxi ride.

    The lights went out at 11-ish.

    It'll be a $25ish taxi ride.

ish

1

/ ɪʃ /

sentence substitute

  1. slang.
    used to express reservation or qualified assent

    Things are looking up. Ish

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

-ish

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suffix forming adjectives

  1. of or belonging to a nationality or group

    Scottish

  2. derogatory.
    having the manner or qualities of; resembling

    prudish

    boyish

    slavish

  3. somewhat; approximately

    sevenish

    yellowish

  4. concerned or preoccupied with

    bookish

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -ish1

Middle English; Old English -isc; cognate with German -isch, Old Norse -iskr, Gothic -isks, Greek diminutive noun suffix -isk(os); akin to -esque

Origin of -ish2

From French -iss-, extended stem of verbs with infinitives in -ir, ultimately from Latin -isc-, in verbs that express the beginning of an action or process

Origin of -ish3

First recorded in 1985–90; from -ish 1( def ) (in the sense “somewhat”)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -ish1

Old English -isc; related to German -isch, Greek -iskos
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Example Sentences

She was wearing an elaborate white gown with a long train and pointy shoulders, and her braided blond hair was tucked beneath a headband for a vaguely “Midsommar”-ish look.

I’d rather lose on my own than have someone decide my fate for me, which sounds ‘Game of Thrones’-ish.

“These Walls” is a shimmering soft-rock jam with echoes of Fleetwood Mac, while “Anything for Love” starts out as a spare piano ballad before blossoming into chewy, “Off the Wall”-ish funk.

Quartz Hill 8, Chatsworth 3: Jeffrey Kavanagh went three for three and Ish Quintero struck out six in five innings for Quartz Hill.

Usher and Jermaine Dupri created a mix of songs in spatial audio with jams including DJs Tiësto, Gryffin and BLOND:ISH.

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