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Webster 1913 Edition
-ish
-ish
.A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It denotes
relation
, resemblance
, similarity
, and sometimes has a diminutive
force; as, self
ish
, boyish
, brutish
; whitish
, somewhat white.-ish
.[OE.
-issen
, fr. F. -is
, -iss-
(found in the present particle, etc., of certain verbs, as finir
to finish, fleurir
to flourish), corresponding to L. -escere
, an inchoative ending.] A verb ending, originally appearing in certain verbs of French origin;
as, abol
. ish
, cherish
, finish
, furnish
, garnish
, impoverish