-ish

  1. Suffix.  (context, appended to many kinds of words) Typical or similar to.
  2. Suffix.  (context, appended to adjectives) Somewhat.
  3. Suffix.  (context, appended to numbers, especially times and ages) About, approximately.
  4. Suffix.  (context, appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions) Of a nationality, region, or place, or the language associated with a place.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.