The canonical use of -ish is as a suffix meaning “approximately,” as in bluish, tallish, sixish, or even hungry-ish. This is the definition—the only definition—that you’ll find in Merriam-Webster, ...

A suffix is a letter or a group of letters that can be added to a word to change its meaning. Adding the suffix -ous turns a noun into an adjective. It means 'full of'. For example, 'dangerous' means ...

Suffixes are letters that can be added to the end of words to change their meaning. Adding the suffix -ly, turns an adjective into an adverb. Well, what a nice game you've invented. You know, why ...

Here’s the truth, and if you’re British or Australian, you may not like it: when it comes to the suffix ize, as opposed to ise, the American standard is correct. I have no idea what cultural forces ...