-esquesuff. In the manner of; resembling: Lincolnesque.[French, from Italian -esco, from Vulgar Latin *-iscus, of Germanic origin.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-esque suffix forming adjectives indicating a specified character, manner, style, or resemblance: picturesque; Romanesque; statuesque; Chaplinesque. [via French from Italian -esco, of Germanic origin; compare -ish]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014-esque a suffix that forms adjectives having the meanings ?resembling,? ?in the style or manner of,? ?suggesting the work of? the person or thing denoted by the base word: Kafkaesque; Lincolnesque; picturesque. [
-ese
-esesuff.1. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or originating in a specified place: Vietnamese.2. Native or inhabitant of: Taiwanese.3. a. Language or dialect of: Chinese.b. Literary style or diction of: journalese.[Middle English, from Italian, from Latin -?nsis, originating in.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-ese suffix forming adjectives, suffix forming nounsindicating place of origin, language, or style: Cantonese; Japanese; journalese. Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ESE or E.S.E., east-southeast. -ese a suffix forming adjectival derivatives of place names, esp. countries or cities, frequently used nominally to denote the inhabitants of the place or their language (Faroese; Japanese; Viennese); also occurring in coinages that denote in a disparaging, often facetious way a characteristic jargon, style, or accent: Brooklynese; journalese. [probably orig.
-escent
-escentsuff.1. Beginning to be; becoming: juvenescent.2. Characterized by; resembling: opalescent.[French, from Old French, from Latin -?sc?ns, -?scent-, present participle suff. of inchoative verbs in -?scere.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-escent suffix forming adjectives beginning to be, do, show, etc: convalescent; luminescent. [via Old French from Latin -?scent-, stem of present participial suffix of -?scere, ending of inceptive verbs] -escence suffix forming nounsCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014-escent a suffix of adjectives borrowed from Latin, where it had an inchoative force (convalescent; recrudescent); also used with the sense ?giving off light” of the kind or in the manner specified ( fluorescent; iridescent). [
-escence
-escencesuff. State; process. Used to form nouns from adjectives in -escent or verbs in -esce: fluorescence.[French, from Old French, from Latin -?scentia, from -?sc?ns, -?scent-, -escent.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-escence a suffix of nouns that correspond to verbs ending in -esce or adjectives ending in -escent: coalescence; iridescence. [
-esce
-esce a suffix appearing in verbs borrowed from Latin, where it had an inchoative meaning: coalesce; convalesce. [
-es
-es 1suff. Variant of -s1.-es 2suff. Variant of -s2.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-es suffix 1. for nouns ending in ch, s, sh, z, postconsonantal y, for some nouns ending in a vowel, and nouns in f with v in the plural, a variant of -s1: ashes; heroes; calves. 2. for verbs ending in ch, s, sh, z, postconsonantal y, or a vowel, a variant of -s1: preaches; steadies; echoes. Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Es Chem. Symbol. einsteinium. -es2 , var. of -s 2 in verbs ending in s, z, ch, sh, or post-consonantal y: passes; buzzes; pitches; dashes; studies. -es3 , var. of -s 3 in nouns ending in s, z, ch, sh, or post-consonantal y, and in nouns in f with v in the plural: losses; fuzzes; riches; ashes; babies; sheaves. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
-ery
-ery or -rysuff.1. A place for: bakery.2. A collection or class: finery.3. A state or condition: slavery.4. Act; practice: bribery.5. Characteristics or qualities of: snobbery.[Middle English -erie, from Old French : -er, agent suff. (partly from -ier; see -er1, and partly from -ere, -eor; see -or1) + -ie, noun suff.; see -y2.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-ery or -rysuffix forming nouns1. indicating a place of business or some other activity: bakery; brewery; refinery. 2. indicating a class or collection of things: cutlery; greenery. 3. indicating qualities or actions collectively: snobbery; trickery. 4. indicating a practice or occupation: husbandry. 5. indicating a state or condition: slavery. [from Old French -erie; see -er1, -y3]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014-ery or -ry, a suffix forming nouns that denote things collectively ( greenery; machinery); people collectively ( Jewry; peasantry); occupation, activity, or condition ( dentistry; archery; rivalry), or an instance or result of an activity ( robbery); an associated place, often corresponding to nouns with the suffixes -er1 or -er2 ( bakery; winery); characteristic conduct ( prudery; trickery).[Middle English
-ers
-ers Chiefly Brit. a semantically empty suffix that creates informal variations of nouns and adjectives: champers; preggers; starkers. [perhaps a conflation of -er7 with the final element of bonkers and crackers (unless these words themselves contain this suffix); compare -s3] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
-eroo
-eroo a suffix that creates familiar, usu. jocular variations of semantically more neutral nouns; normally added to monosyllabic bases, or merged with bases ending in -er: flopperoo; smackeroo; switcheroo. [perhaps extracted from buckaroo] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
-ern
-ern an adjective suffix occurring with names of directions: northern; southern. [Middle English, Old English -erne, c. Old High German -r?ni (as in nordr?ni northern)] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.