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-ish

-ish

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Put at the end of a word to show it has a quality or is like something
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  • Specialized
: -oso
  • They're kind of like a creamy ish matte lipstick.

They're kind of like a creamy ish matte lipstick.

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Examples

  • This does feel very Apple TV ish, but a lot more powerful.

  • It is like this beautiful turquoise greenish minty ish color.

  • But it's a kind of even ish fight, you could say.

  • We're OK ish now, but we got to get moving.

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  • I just got this tiara ish in the mail.

  • It had kind of some of the same ish properties.

  • It was sort of sweet ish but very sour.

  • I am a more true medium ish to full coverage kind of a girl.

  • Now if that doesn't look spring and Easter ish to you, I don't know what would.

  • The dress is a lovely shade of blueish, making it perfect for spring.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

-Ish comes from an old English ending -isc that meant 'of' or 'belonging to'. So adding -ish makes something 'like' or 'having the quality of' the base word, as in 'foolish' = 'like a fool'.