-ish Definition
izh
suffix
Of, relating to, or being.
Swedish.
American Heritage
Characteristic of.
Girlish.
American Heritage
Having the usually undesirable qualities of.
Childish.
American Heritage
Approximately; somewhat.
Greenish.
American Heritage
Tending toward; preoccupied with.
Selfish.
American Heritage
affix
Like or characteristic of.
Devilish, boyish.
Webster's New World
Tending to be or verging on being (a specified person or thing)
Knavish.
Webster's New World
Somewhat, rather.
Tallish, bluish.
Webster's New World
Approximately, about.
Thirtyish, or about thirty years old.
Webster's New World
verb
Eye dialect spelling of is.
Wiktionary
adverb
(colloquial) Somewhat, reasonably, fairly.
"How was the film?" "It was good, ish."
The exam went well, ish.
Wiktionary
(colloquial) About, approximately.
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noun
The name of the letter which stands for the sh sound IPA: /ʃ/ in Pitman shorthand.
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Origin of -ish
Middle English from Old English -isc
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From the suffix -ish.
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From is
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