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

-ish

suffix

/ɪʃ/

/ɪʃ/

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(sometimes disapproving) having the nature of; like
- childish
fairly; approximately
- reddish
- thirtyish
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