suffix
[Language: Old English;Origin: -isc]
[in nouns]
the people or language of a particular country or place
　Are the British unfriendly?
　learning to speak Turkish
　She's Swedish.
[in adjectives]
of a particular place
　Spanish food (=from Spain)
[in adjectives]
typical of or like a particular type of person
　foolish behaviour (=typical of a fool)
　Don't be so childish! (=do not behave like a child)
　snobbish
[in adjectives]
the ending of some adjectives that show disapproval
　selfish
[in adjectives]
rather
= quite
　youngish (=not very young, but not old either)
　tallish
　reddish hair
[in adjectives]spokenapproximately
　We'll expect you eightish (=at about 8 o'clock) .
　He's fortyish (=about 40 years old) .