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Definition of -ese suffix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-ese

suffix

/iːz/

/iːz/

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(in adjectives and nouns) of a country or city; a person who lives in a country or city; the language spoken there
- Chinese
- Viennese
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(in nouns) (often disapproving) the style or language of
- journalese
- officialese
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- -most
- -ness
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Word Originfrom Old French -eis, based on Latin -ensis.

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