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Meaning Of -ish
A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and from
adjectives. It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity, and sometimes
has a diminutive force; as, selfish, boyish, brutish; whitish, somewhat
white.
A verb ending, originally appearing in certain verbs of French
origin; as, abolish, cherish, finish, furnish, garnish, impoverish.