-esque
an adjective suffix indicating style, manner, resemblance, or distinctive character:
arabesque; romanesque; picturesque.
-esque
suffix
indicating a specified character, manner, style, or resemblance picturesque, romanesque, statuesque, chaplinesque
word origin
-esque
fr. -esque “like, in the manner of,” from it. -esco, like m.l. -iscus from a germanic source (cf. o.h.g. -isc, ger. -isch, english -ish (see -ish).
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- -est
a suffix forming the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs: warmest; fastest; soonest. -est2 a native english suffix formerly used to form the second person singular indicative of verbs: knowest; sayest; goest. origin -est1 suffix forming the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs shortest, fastest word origin -est2 suffix forming the archaic second person singular […]
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a noun suffix having properly a diminutive force (now lost in many words): islet; tablet; midget; plummet. -et suffix small or lesser islet, baronet word origin
- -eteria
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an ending of the third person singular present indicative of verbs, now occurring only in archaic forms or used in solemn or poetic language: doeth or doth; hopeth; sitteth. -eth2 variant of -th2 , the ordinal suffix, used when the cardinal number ends in -y: twentieth; thirtieth. -eth1 suffix forming the archaic third person singular […]