-ESS


Meaning of -ESS in English

ə̇s sometimes |es noun suffix

( -es )

Etymology: Middle English -esse, from Old French, from Late Latin -issa, from Greek

: female

godd ess

giant ess

— especially in agent nouns

actr ess

poet ess

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