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-ish

-ish

1 4.1
Put at the end of a country's name to show its people or language
  • other
  • Specialized
: -ense
  • He has a British-ish accent that makes him sound charming and sophisticated.

He called himself Jew ish with a dash in between this.

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Examples

  • The new restaurant serves Italian-ish dishes that incorporate a variety of flavors.

  • So it's probably going to work on like fair to medium ish skin tones.

  • So I'm mid size, which means I'm plus size ish in Japan.

  • It's just this nice Moroccan ish print towel.

  • And yes, it's Murdoch tone, and yes, it's tabloid ish, but it also is a real newspaper.

  • I want to introduce these are very standard MBA ish shorthand frameworks for thinking about cases.

  • But the ingredients are really nice, like it's a vegan clean ish formulation in most of their products that I've seen.

  • Will they be more Susan Collins ish or Mitt Romney ish?

  • So I'm first going to line my lips up with the Subculture lip pencil from Mac, which is kind of like a pinky ish leaning liner.

  • Her dress is very vintage-ish, with lace and embroidery that remind me of the past.

Synonyms

-ian
vs-ish
  • Specialized
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An ending added to a name to show someone or something is connected to it

is used mainly for nationality or origin rather than for professions

Surface Forms

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Etymology

-Ish also became a way to show where someone or something comes from, as in English or Spanish, because the old ending -isc was used for groups and places. That's why adding -ish to a country name makes an adjective about its people or language.