-stress
a feminine equivalent of -ster:
seamstress; songstress.
-stress
suffix
indicating a woman who performs or is engaged in a certain activity songstress, seamstress compare -ster (sense 1)
word origin
from -st(e)r + -ess
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a combining form of style (defs 14, 15): blastostyle. compare stylo-1 . -style2 a combining form with the meanings “column,” “columned,” “having columns (of the kind specified)” used in the formation of compound words: orthostyle; urostyle. compare stylo-2 .
- -sville
-sville suffix used to form adjectives characterized by what is indicated: dragsville/ splitsville/ squaresville used to form nouns place characterized by what is indicated: derbyville/ motorsville (1891+)
- -sy
a suffix forming nouns or adjectives, sometimes a diminutive of the base word and usually confined to informal and jocular use (bitsy; footsie; halvsies); adjectives formed with -sy, may be ironic, implying that the quality in question is self-consciously -ssumed or feigned (artsy; cutesy; folksy). the combination of -s3. and -y1. or -y2. in certain […]
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combining form having a specified kind of pattern or arrangement or having an orientation determined by a specified force syndiotactic, phototactic word origin from greek taktikos relating to order or arrangement; see tactics
- -tastic
combining form (jocular) denoting excellence in a specified area the fun-tastic theme park, their poptastic new single word origin c20: from (fan)tastic